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Where's the Weather Underground now?
Where are the Weathermen when we need them?Where are they? Dorhn is working for some non-profit that helps children (because God knows when you need a role model for children, the woman who publicly swooned over the coolness of the Manson killings is the very best face your organization can find). Ayres is a professor at one of the state schools in Illinois (I think he's at Circle, but I'm not positive and he's not worth the effort of opening another browser window to go Google it). Rudd shows up now and then in the Op-Ed pages of papers like the L.A. Times complaining about how very awful the world is and how his intentions were really good-which I'm sure is a comfort to the families whose children blew themselves the fuck up. So, to answer your question, they are precisely where everyone expected them to end up-behind the very windows they were so eager to smash.
Endtimes mythos
An attack on Mecca would probably result in Jerusalem being blown off the map. Wouldn't that stop the supposed End Times from happening? I'm not up on my fundamentalist Christian End-Times mythos.
Bingo
Impeach, impeach, impeach! Now, now, now!
What does China have to gain by allying itself with fundamentalist Islamic jihad?
Concisely written, Marie. You are mostly correct and some of what you wrote was publicly stated by former US government reps some time ago. In fact, they used the term "blow-back" to describe the fact that Al Qaeda has "bitten the hand that once fed them". Ah, but an enemy of my enemy does not always remain my friend, does it? Al Qaeda could also be translated as "the Foundation". Michel Choussudovsky can be interesting to read, but from time to time his thoughts border on conspiracy theory. I am going to ask you to stretch a little more... By exploring this question, you can explore another thread of related (albeit underreported) thought. Question: What does China have to gain by allying itself with fundamentalist Islamic jihad? What the US thinks & wants simply matters less now. The war in the Middle East will become, I think, less about "foreign hegemony" and more about regional conflict between Shia and Sunni hegemonic interests. If it was the intent of the US to create instability in the Middle East, I'd say they were more successful than they intended to be. In fact, I assert that it is obvious now that they have lost control. The prospect of a weakened (perhaps irrelevant?) US presence in the Middle East and the subsequent weakening of its Israeli ally will likely embolden the House of Saud, Iran, Syria et al to strike out with their own agendas. This situation will unfold quickly over the remainder of the summer with the potential to draw Sunnis and Shias into conflict within and outside of the Middle East. This clash of wills has the potential to drag other powerful countries into this fray. The creation of this situation has been my chief concern all along as it creates opportunities for desperate actions to be committed by desperate powers.
An oversimplification, but only a little
Would it oversimplify the situation to describe it this way: There are two kinds of republicans, evil and gullible. There is one kind of democrat, cowardly. An oversimplification, but only a little.
When it affects something that matters
Only when the corruption negatively affects access to sports, cable TV, beer, or cheap electronics will there be any mass reaction.
Seems like old times
We're about where Germany was in 1932 - 1933. Nothing will change without force from an outside player.
Truly a nightmare
One of the recurring dreams I started having about 7 years ago was that Leon and I were taking a drive to see all this damage in our car and every where we went we saw bridges and infrastructure completely in ruins or partially were falling down, here were large amounts of beach literally swept away. Virtual ghost towns not another soul in these dreams. It was truly a nightmare. They're all slapping each other on the back congratulating themselves, but in reality they didn't save more then 4% of the people whose cars plummeted into the river. They are not prepared. They stood there and lied saying if they knew or got any warning that the bridge was not safe they would have closed the bridge. That's a lie. Go to whatreallyhappened.com and you will read the reports on the bridge, they knew, and we're all in the same boat... I wrote that cameras would catch it falling and I was right. This bridge was shown to be structurally deficient as so are hundreds of bridges all over the U.S. , but they continue to use money for the killing machine and this goddamn homeland insecurity. This bridge was only forty years old. What about the older ones?
Power of the purse
There is a cure, but it will never happen until it is too late. The only way things will change is when Americans are in great pain. Pain causes change. But Americans would rather point fingers along party lines when neither party is for "WE THE PEOPLE". They are bought and paid for by Corp. America! People will sit around and watch everybody else get hit until about 50% of the population has been done away with and then it will be too late! This admin and congress has followed the playbook of HITLER step by step! Wake Up America! Congress does not have the power of the Purse! They are paid politicians. Boycotting all major corporations. or a mass employee strike for one week would get their attention. if they did not listen and act, take another week. WE HAVE THE POWER OF THE PURSE.
It's not the lies, it's the lousy lies
It's not the lies I have a problem with, it's that I know they're lies. The rest of world doesn't care about the moral high ground. They'll do whatever it takes to get ahead. In the interests of our country, our government occasionally has to do nasty things that most of us would balk at if we knew about them. And that's fine, IF we don't know about them. When the government is totally bloody incompetent at 1) actually achieving something with these methods, and 2) shielding them from the scrutiny, it fucks things up. That's really my problem. They can lie about certain things critical to national security, but I don't want them to do it in such a transparent way, and with such little care for discretion, that I hear about it the next day from, of all places, the BBC.
When the cops are the crooks
OK, and thanks for the reply. In February 2000, our interstate trucking operations were moved from a warehouse near LAX to a warehouse near the Miramar Naval base in San Diego. I hauled air cargo on a route to Las Vegas out of this facility every Sunday night. It rained very hard the first two Sundays there. On the third Sunday as it was clear, the San Diego police pulled me over as I exited the warehouse. They asked whether I had ever been arrested, although I may have been more offended by the first question About three months later while sleeping in my truck prior to the evening's work, just outside our warehouse and before the other drivers and warehouse workers would arrive, I heard a commotion. I arose and looked out my window to see two vehicles and several people, stealing equipment from the warehouse adjacent to ours. One of the guys yelled out, "We've hit the jackpot!" He was tall and wearing a basketball shirt with the #80 on it. I got their license plate numbers. One vehicle was a U-Haul van, very convenient for hauling away the loot. Being curious, I drove over to the nearby U-Haul facility at that industrial park about an hour later with the license plate and descriptions. I was told that this was the manager's adult son and one of their vehicles. So ... the local U-Haul outfit manager's son and pals were ritually plundering the industrial park. I called the San Diego Police and clearly stated that I had all the eyewitness details they would need to pursue these genuine criminals. They were not interested, and refused to come out. During the evening, our own manager repeatedly called the police, until they came out about six hours later. They refused to take a report and left. You may be interested in a couple articles I wrote about law enforcement at helium.com/user/show/89941 The trucking company for whom I drove was Source Interlink, a major player in national transport. I wrote a letter recently to Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, similar to the letter I composed to Mayor Sanders in San Diego. While I cannot be certain of Goodman's reaction, he did not respond, which indicates that he, too, hides behind police crime. I mentioned the Helium website for which I have written. I also have written for Las Vegas' only newspaper for the homeless. I used to hire homeless men here. Their website is www.forgottenvoice.org. In the 'archives' section, my article in the May 2007 issue is under penname "cheephillippe".
Am I OK with that? Yes, I am OK with that? Is Mayor Sanders of San Diego OK with his criminal police doing not a damned thing about predatory criminals, while they harass guys who are just trying to make an honest living
Another vote for enough
Will Americans ever say ENOUGH? Enough of the lies. Enough of the lawbreaking. Enough of the spying, the torture, the arrogance and all the rest that adds up to daily treason from the White House.People have been saying "enough" for a while, it's the fact that people won't listen or write them off. And if they do listen they say stupid shit like "Leave then." It's the American way, no the HUMAN way, to want for better things, but people seem to have forgotten that. And until somebody listens and replies I'm one person who will continue saying enough.
Said it before and I'll say it again
Will Americans ever say ENOUGH? Enough of the lies. Enough of the lawbreaking. Enough of the spying, the torture, the arrogance and all the rest that adds up to daily treason from the White House.I've been saying it since 2002-ish. It doesn't seem to help Then there are the uneducated masses. The R. Murdochians. What to do there? Limit ownership. Sure. Yelling about that - but WSJ is gone now too. Keep blogging, keep yelling, keep calling, and when they come for you neighbor - keep filming and posting to the internet.
The Database, part 1
Sometimes you just have to try to make sense of things using your own reason and logic. This is my stab at understanding Al-Qaeda. There are many articles suggesting that the CIA was involved in starting up a group of non-Afghan Muslim fighters to fight alongside the Muslim Afghanis, and probably the CIA listed them in a database as the former British Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, has indicated. Thus, the meaning of Al-Qaeda (the base) could mean the database (DB) of this group set up and then placed in Afghanistan during the Afghan War (1979-1989) to fight against the Russians as a part of the US effort to end communism. In other words, the US did some "outsourcing" and secretly "hired" some "mercenaries" to fight a "proxy war" for the US (my own choice of terms). It seems that Pakistan's CIA, the ISI, was also involved and that some amount of the financing/support came from the Saudis, the UK, and China. Pakistan also received massive amounts of US military aid. The number of Muslim men who became US mercenaries according to Robin Cook was "thousands." Michel Choussudovsky says there were 35,000 Muslims from 40 Islamic countries. They were recruited, trained, and armed. They fought. About a million Muslim Afghans were killed in this war, according to Wikipedia. Then, from May 1988 - Feb. 1989 the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan and by Dec. 1991 the Soviet Union broke up. The DB guys who survived and/or maybe some new ones then went to fight in Yugoslavia, which was breaking up, and in Chechnya, which wanted independence. You could say that the US was still intent on ending communism as were the mercenaries themselves. I assume they hated the atheism of communism and the assaults on Muslims. There are accounts of the DB guys in Bosnia and Kosovo fighting alongside the Muslims, Bosniaks in Bosnia and Albanians in Kosovo, and in Chechnya alongside the Muslim Chechens all supported by the US The war in Bosnia lasted from Mar. 1992 - Nov. 1995, the first war in Chechnya from 1994-1996 and the second from Oct. 1999 - Feb. 2000 (it's now a federal subject of Russia). The Kosovo War took place from 1995 - 1999. The disintegration of Yugoslavia lasted all through the 90's up to the middle of 2006 when the last part of it also became an independent country. With the end of communism, you have to wonder what happened to those mercenaries. No doubt, some had died. Maybe some returned to their home countries. In the US, those involved with covert activities must have been pretty pleased with themselves. They'd routed communism and had access to the riches. Now they could move on to new endeavors. It seems their successes went to their heads. The neo-conservatives now had some ideas for world domination that they wrote about as members of the Project for a New Century (PNAC), an organization that began in 1997. The same people now in government today signed its "Statement of Principles" and they produced the 90 page plan called "Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategies, Forces, and Resources for a New Century" in Sept. 2000 (http://cryptome.org/rad.htm). This is the document that mentions the usefulness of "a new Pearl Harbor" event (Sect. V). Part of what they wanted was the Gulf states under control with US bases set up. In other words, they wanted the weakening and control of the countries neighboring Israel. Of course, massive increases in defense spending would be required and a lot of propaganda that created hate and fear of Muslims. In fact, with the US hostages taken in Iran (1979 - 1981) and constant anti-Palestinian propaganda, along with the bashing of particular leaders of Islamic countries, there was already a lot of anti-Muslim propaganda. Then, came Iraq's attack on Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990 due to a border dispute, an attack Iraq may have been tricked into. This led to the US Operation Dessert Storm (during George Bush Sr.'s Presidency) beginning on Jan. 17 1991 mainly so that Saudi Arabia could be protected (although the US may have lied about the degree of threat). The whole thing was heavily televised. Then, in 1993 Samuel P. Huntington published an article "The Clash of Civilizations?" and in 1996 his book "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order." The upshot of these new ideas was a massive increase in anti-Muslim propaganda. As for Osama bin Laden (OBL), throughout the '80s he was involved in the Soviet war in Afghanistan living mostly in Pakistan. With Iraq's attack on Kuwait, he became concerned about his place of birth, Saudi Arabia. However, his ideas and those of the Saudi monarchy about how to defend Saudi Arabia were said to have differed, so he moved to Sudan in 1991. His Saudi citizenship was revoked in 1994. Then, in 1996 the Sudanese under pressure from the US asked him to leave. He moved to Afghanistan. In 1998 two different indictments against him were made by two different US grand juries. Part of the charge of the first one was that he was the head of a terrorist organization called Al-Qaeda, this seems to be the first time the word his used. He denied those charges and denied being involved in So did the US government just make up the name Al-Qaeda? I assume that the mercenaries had other names for themselves throughout the 20 years of fighting proxy wars. The name "database" surely doesn't have enough symbolism to it unless you are a group of computer freaks. Did OBL himself actually use the name? I found no clear answer to this question. Given all of the much more symbolic names used before 1998 by Muslim groups and the group in the 80's OBL is said to have been connected with related to the recruitment of the non-Afghan Muslim fighters, I'd have to opt for the name being made up.
Infradestructure
More failing infrastructure, second bridge collapse this year. Thank god all the millions of hidden cameras caught it all on tape!
Bullies and total idiots
Will Americans ever say ENOUGH? Enough of the lies. Enough of the lawbreaking. Enough of the spying, the torture, the arrogance and all the rest that adds up to daily treason from the White House.A lot of Americans want to be the bully in the world, they want to tell the A-Rabs where to stick it, etc. The bottom line is, a lot of Americans are totally ignorant uneducated idiots. So as long as you have a low-paid undereducated population as are in many states in the USA, you'll get presidents that are elected by such people. Bush was elected by people who want to be a bully in the world, by people who are total idiots, or people who are both. I voted for Gore in 2000 and Kerry in 2004, so I am not responsible for all this mess.
The dead
No sex, please, you're a carnivore
Probably not
Will Americans ever say ENOUGH? Enough of the lies. Enough of the lawbreaking. Enough of the spying, the torture, the arrogance and all the rest that adds up to daily treason from the White House.25% are complete jingoists, 25% care more about Paris Hilton and American Idol, 25% don't know anything about it, and the 25% of us who do care are treated like unpatriotic hippies communist traitors. So the answer is, probably not.
Telling it to the Marines
Poor poor troops. Here's a clue. When people stop pretending to swallow the codswallop about noble military service (believe me, it's about the money, honey) as they trade their human inheritance for a mess o pottage, and stop volunteering to be paid killers, then the leaders will be forced to make saner decisions. We can no longer rely on our "leaders" to do anything resembling rational or sane action, let alone having the goodwill of our country and people as a priority, or even a consideration. Our leaders are wholly corrupt. So what. It is still up to each and everyone of us to not drink the Kool-Aid, to not participate in the armed madness, to refuse to serve. Hell, there isn't even a draft (yet). People VOLUNTEER to become pawns in the military meat grinder. Alchemist is mad as hell and not gonna be quiet anymore. However, I do seem to be guilty of Posting While Pissed Off Beyond Belief By The Combination Of Corrupt Leaders And Gullible Sheeple. To Soldier's Mother: I apologize for the personal attacks, that was wrong. Am I sorry I wrote the article (Let's admit what the military is)? No. Sometimes when a puppy is crapping on the carpet you need to shout at it to get it to stop. But to continue to berate the thing is not kind or effective training. Sigh. Soldier's mother is not to blame for the cultural lies she has been inculcated with all her life. But, and this is important, each and everyone of us must take personal responsibility for the content of our minds and souls. Look deep within, do you really agree that we should devote so much of ourselves to mass murder? Ok, let me try again. There were these people, see, and they lived in a cave, and all they ever knew was the shadows on the cave wall, and there were men to tell them what the shadows MEANT. On and on till there were many codifications of behavior to propitiate each particular shadow school. And children were taught from the cradle that sex is dirty and that we cannot trust the OTHER, and OMIGOD, look at that Al-Qaeda (Polish/Manchurian/Nigra/Russian/etc.) shadow, we have to kill it before it kills us. And all the people gladly slaughtered each other, while the shadow-puppeteers grew rich and fat on weapons sales and sacrifices to the shadows. And the people all had a gnawing sensation that something was WRONG, but how could it be, for they had been taught from birth what the shadows meant! Once in awhile a recalcitrant child would wander out of the cave, into the sunlight, and come back, telling the others, come with me, its beautiful outside, but the shadow masters said, No, that would displease the shadows, and we don't want THAT to happen. Or they would codify the sayings, chanting "Our Sunlight, which art in Heaven..." All the while refusing to look away from the dark. Sound familiar? Crap. You wanna go kill brown people for whatever reason Motherfucking warmongering heartless brainless soulless hypocritical stupid-as-a-box-of-rocks sunsabitches. Damn, I feel better.
Unbelievable stupidity
It ain't easy being rich by Ben Stein, Portfolio
People like bin Laden would LOVE an easy way to mobilize all Muslims against the west or America. Us making a splashy enough unprovoked attack on Mecca, etc., could mobilize Muslims like Pearl Harbor did America. Such a result would most definitely mean the end of Israel. Period. There could be a repeat of the Arab oil embargo COMBINED with disruptive attacks on oil resources worldwide, leading to a major world depression, too. All sorts of awful stuff.
Snowballs in Hell
Continuing your thoughts
Guided by a retarded god
Unfortunately there is large stupid segment of the citizenry that watches way too many movies, and doesn't view America as a citizen of the planet, but as some sort of overlord guided by a retarded god... and so they blithely go along, defrauding, stealing, murdering, subjugating... as if it's a divine right or duty. Unfortunate for them, that they haven't realized the inevitable paying of the piper... at least I did before I had kids (slaves who will pay for yesterday's and today's pretarded choices).
Day of Rage
Where are the Weathermen when we need them? Not condoning all their actions, but something's got to give. We need another "Day of Rage".
Paris Hilton's choice of panties
Will Americans ever say ENOUGH? Enough of the lies. Enough of the lawbreaking. Enough of the spying, the torture, the arrogance and all the rest that adds up to daily treason from the White House.Want the short answer or the long one? I'll give you both. Never. Never. These zombies don't care if it doesn't personally effect them. (i.e. their family gets arrested for speaking out against the government, then all of the sudden they'll care) It's more important to know Paris Hilton's choice of panties in prison than that your president has lied continuously for 7 years.
This is a start, and that's important
Well, at least this is a start, and that's important. This resolution does IMHO have more than a snowball's chance in hell to pass in the US House of Representatives, and even has a chance in the Senate because the 2008 election is coming, and no politician with even half a brain should want to be on record with disgruntled voters as supporting the most dishonest & contemptuous AG of all time.
That Southern accent
I was about to finally send that nasty email because Cletus & Cracker were making fun of people from my general part of the country, based on dialect. But, uh, they're somewhere else. That said, Cletus & Cracker made the point that many in this country aren't simply misinformed but in a completely different reality. But please remember that even if someone retains country speech patterns they might be a progressive with a PhD. I know some of them. They teach poetry, write critically-acclaimed books, and/or go to jail for political demonstrations. Oh, and a hint on dialect, guys: we 'uns is only in the Carolinas, I believe. It's related to you 'uns instead of my preferred y'all :)
Existential
At this point, the entire constitution might as well not exist.
Off the legal hook
Just as Bush did with Libby, Iraqi high officials let potential witnesses against them off the legal hook.
What did you say?
Well I never! What did you say to my Cracker? You must have said something to upset him like you've upset him. My Cracker is most of the time, not so easily upset. Cracker listens to Mr. Rush and Mr. Rush assures my Cracker that the world will be fine as long as G. Bush is killing the Islams and as long as Cracker follows what Mr. Rush is telling him, everything is fine. My Cracker and that darn fool Cletus tend to argue. Cletus will argue just to upset my Cracker. I don't cotton to Cletus all that well. So what did you say to my Cracker or what did you say to Cletus that Cletus said to Cracker that's upset him so? We're good God Fearing folk and live simple lives and so why would you go and upset Cracker? I don't care so much about Cletus being upset. Cletus has been upset for just about as long as anyone in these parts can remember. Cletus tends to be a mite "strange" at times. Cletus went to one of those big "smarty" schools back east and we around here suspect that has always been his problem. Darn "eastern" folks is just not right. We and that would be me and Marge, suspect that Cletus isn't a Christian man anyway. Christian men just don't go around upsetting the normal ways around these parts. No the "real" Christian men don't. Please leave us God Fearing folks alone. We're not trying to bother you. We'd just as soon you "liberal" folk and "easterners" just leave us alone. Stop upsetting my Cracker. If you were concerned about Cracker, you wouldn't fill Cletus' head with all that liberal nonsense and my Cracker and Cletus wouldn't be to arguing. I know they'd argue anyway just so's they'd have something to do. They argue just to argue. Please, leave us alone. Thank you,
General announcement
Yolo County DA seeks new West Sacramento anti-gang injunction
If it is so easy to get an injunction against a group of dangerous young people (I don't doubt that they are dangerous) why can't we get an "injunction" against the gang in Washington who are demonstrably much, much more dangerous? Sorry, another rhetorical question, the answer to which is that the federal courts are a part of the Washington gang. If the congress fails to impeach anyone from this administration then, effectively, they need to be seen as part of, or at least in support of, the gang of criminals who have stolen our country and used its institutions to terrorize the world. In that case it seems logical that the people need to take matters into their own hands. The most obvious way to do this? General strike! Although a general strike today, unlike the successful Bay Area General Strike (see A Terrible Anger, about the 1934 strike in San Francisco), would more likely take the shape of a buyers strike.
Soul searching
Bush using his x-ray vision into souls will probably see another lap dog although a different breed.
Insulting strategy
Being insulting can be a challenge and isn't that the whole point? Insulting with finesse, yeah, that's the ticket! I's a "professional insulting finesse-er". Yeah, that's it.
Welcome to San Diego
In this case, let me just say that Mayor sanders showed himself to be a weasel, hiding behind the police and sending me a form e-mail response. I noticed at that time, in reading San Diego's Tribune newspaper online, that the mayor actually complimented the police and dismissed any allegations to the contrary. I am not able to express briefly here the contempt which I have for mayors such as Sanders, and for the criminal police, who in my case refused to investigate actual crime, but engaged in blatant civil rights violations. What scum.
Regarding your query
No, of course not.
Fender bender
But see, I've [almost] always tried to follow the rules. If you get in an accident, you call the cops, then you shoot the shit while you wait for the cops, then you exchange info, shake hands, and walk off to call insurance people. But neither of us wanted to call the cops. He didn't want to pay the huge increase in his premiums, and I was afraid of getting cited for not updating my driver's license. I'm 17 days late. Sorry, that sounds like something a girl would say in a panicky voice to her boyfriend, but that's really how many days late I am. I've been waiting for a day when I can bear to have my picture taken, knowing it will turn out looking like a mug shot. But I did feel the need to follow some rules, so I called my insurance company from the parking lot, and after the lady said it definitely sounded like it wasn't my fault, which was what the man in the truck said. Insurance Lady and I went through a helluva lot more rigmarole and then she said they'd let me know if my premiums would go up. Because, you know, I had the right of way and someone bumped into me. So I talked to some people I trust and I thought about it and told my insurance company to close the case. I'd take care of it myself. I didn't think to check until later because I was so shaky, but the door does open, although it might need a little work to make it waterproof. But lately, Authority Figures don't seem like nice people who will help make sure my door gets paid for. Even if the guy runs out on the bill, I'd rather have to have a squished door than deal with police or the car insurance people. Just hope that nice guy really was a nice guy. I do love reading Mr. Chuckles, but this reminded me of what the ideal future supposedly was after WWII. This was before my time, but wasn't it wearing clothing you didn't have to wash and eating food you didn't have to cook? Be careful what you wish for. Oh, and I think it's my year to buy summer socks too [one year winter, one year summer]. Thank goodness that we're 10 or 15 years behind the times ... maybe I'll be gone before they start doing 'newborn signs' here. Although I've seen random 'Joe Blow turns the big 4-0!' signs on lampposts and an occasional yard, so maybe it's just a variation....
Using my Middle East filter
Using my Middle East filter right off I see that the New York Times article related to Saudi Arabia’s “role” in Iraq is over-emphasizing religion. Upon closer inspection it seems the message is that Saudi Arabia is behind some of the supposed sectarian violence that exists in Iraq, which the US attempts to incite and then bemoan as they use it as the excuse for staying in Iraq. I tried to write about sectarian violence before in my July 9, 2007 letter called “If you want to wreck Iraq,” so I won’t repeat myself. However, this article is mostly about Saudi Arabia and what it might be doing related to Iraq. A better link to the article is below. Saudis’ role in Iraq frustrates U.S. officials First off, the article is filled with innuendo, if not outright smears, mostly from unnamed sources. Some of the statements are contradictory Then, there’s supposed to be a document, probably forged, about Iraq’s Prime Minister. Basically, given that document both the puppet Prime Minister of Iraq and the King of Saudi Arabia get smeared/get pressure put on them. Perhaps the Prime Minister is an agent of Iran, and America’s Saudi ally isn’t supporting America’s puppet Prime Minister. Why would anyone be supporting a US puppet Prime Minister/government? Further on, it’s said that the Saudis are providing financial support to the Sunnis in Iraq. Is this statement false, partially true, or completely true? It’s likely that the Iraqi’s resistance is organized. Perhaps there are regional structures that exist and could be funded. It will be some time before we find out about that subject! There’s no reason for the Saudis to fund just the Sunnis. Then, there are more smears against Iraq’s OTHER neighbors who have “destabilizing policies.” Clearly, the US isn’t happy with the Iraqi Prime Minister and King Abdullah. What have they REALLY done? Well, the Prime Minister HASN’T seen that a large percentage of Iraq’s nationalized oil becomes privatized and under the control of other countries like the US, and King Abdullah has been critical of the “illegal foreign occupation” and hasn’t “embraced” Israel as was hoped. All in all, in this article all propaganda bases are covered and the problems in Iraq are caused by Iraq’s pesky neighbors and NOT the Americans. WOW. Finally, perhaps a little plain English is needed about the Sunnis and Shias in the Muslim world. For one thing they ALL go on the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. An important point of the pilgrimage is to celebrate the ONENESS of Muslims. Tensions between Muslim countries are more likely to occur based on ethnic differences such as Turks vs. Arabs, Arabs vs. Persians, etc. Even these are overcome when any attack on the Muslim world and it’s shrines and mosques occur. More importantly, as with relations between countries world-wide, the politics as well as economic interests of the various countries of the Middle East could cause frictions.
What a bunch of useless fucks
I was reading an article from Google news how our congress has voted to send a letter to Japan urging them to apologize to the Koreans or the Chinese --one or the other or both?- over WW11 using their people for sex slaves. I also read a little while back that they have also spent a lot of time re-naming post offices. What a bunch of useless fucks.
If'n they's not Christian, ain't we's
Floating away on a cloud of cigarette smoke
I really liked this guy. RIP, Tom! All those Bobby Blake interviews! Tom substituted for a radio host on WOR radio for a week, and I called in just to chat and tell him how much I enjoyed his TV show. What a lovely, kind man he was, and Dan Aykroyd had his laugh down!
Nope
Time to say NO.
Is al Qaeda for real?
Fake Al Qaeda
Thank you for the link :) I am absolutely amazed that the Times came up with this. They bugged me so much with their drivel when I first moved here I kept reading the SF Chronicle for spite.
The forgotten Ninth Amendment
Amendment 9: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."How in the Hell do you strict construct that? Answer: you don't. Those long-haired bleeding-heart liberals that ratified it... in 1791... are my motherfucking heroes. Remember this amendment; Memorize it, and shove it up the rear-end of the next bloated toady that says they are a "Strict Constructionist." Let's make 'em work a little harder for this, people. Let's at least make 'em work a little.
Shadows and illusions
I have to believe the Dems are under control of the same shadow-government forces that control the Repugs. I do not vote anymore because I believe elections to be charades to maintain the illusion that We The People still make the decisions, when in fact the decisions are made far above the heads of either the president or the congress.
Point of order
You don't have to tell it like it is.
Another Bush-appointed boob
Dear Mr. Charmichael, Your Bloomberg article of July 30, Paulson rejects criticism, says China talks yielding results, lacks historical context that would provide a fuller appreciation of the most recent news. And I believe you are giving Paulson a bit of a free ride... Specifically, both Paul O'Neill and Hank Snow, Hand Paulson's predecessors, used the "talk loudly, carry a nerf stick" approach with China. The difference is that Paulson is from Wall Street and supposedly an expert on China dealings thanks to his tenure at Goldman Sachs. But the reality under Paulson is that trade deficits have continued to grow mightily, and in spite of the yuan's peg to the dollar, the U.S. Treasury refuses to label China a "currency manipulator". The difference is that O'Neill and Snow were like sheep guarding the henhouse, and while Paulson's credentials implied that he would have independence, and not be a political mouthpiece But you already know this. This is your article from May 17, 2005: |
