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11, &nbsp;2009</b></font></A></NOBR></TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%" class="fonta">&nbsp;</td></tr></table> <!-- =1111111111= --> <!-- =2222222222= --> <!-- =3333333333= --> <!-- == --><A NAME=gt-655></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; President Obama has ordered that Bush-Cheney era "signing statements" not be taken at face value... and promised that he'll use such "signing statements" himself, if he thinks legislation is unConstitutional. With no clue what unConstitutional legislation Obama is expecting, one suspects Obama is just -- again, and absurdly -- trying to make sure that his policy changes never come across as harshly criticizing the Bush-Cheney <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="8" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="298" align="right"><tr><td class="fonty" vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"><TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonty"> <img src="http://unknownnews.org/protest39.jpg" border="1" width="298" height="397"><p> "We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls." <i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert&nbsp;J.&nbsp;McCracken</i> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table> administration. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3774548">New&nbsp;York&nbsp;Times</A>&nbsp;]<BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=fnb-727></A><BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reading this, the umpteenth article I've seen expressing outrage over the recently revealed internal memos that faux authorized the Bush-Cheney administration's effective dictatorship above and beyond the Constitution, an encouraging thought occurred to me. Obama's a political animal, so he's very concerned about the public perception of his administration's acts, and he says he's "looking forward, not backward" (which means, his policy is to let the Bush-Cheney administration get away with their crimes). He doesn't want his administration to be perceived as being on a vendetta against Bush, Cheney, et al.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But as the evidence of Bush-Cheney's crimes keeps leaking out, bit by outrageous bit -- and it will, with another leak of Bush memos in a few weeks, and as more whistleblowers decide to tell the truth, and the headlines continue to accumulate -- the public groundswell for prosecution could eventually grow large enough that Congress and the Justice Department can't ignore it, even if they'd like to. Or maybe I'm just in an extra-optimistic frame of mind as my morning coffee takes effect? &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.progressive.org/mag/wx030309.html">The&nbsp;Progressive</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=db-727a></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And speaking of the evidence, slowly leaking out... The ACLU is publicly demanding that the Obama administration stop stonewalling, and release the numerous publicly un-seen photos of the torture and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/ACLU_demands_Obama_administration_release_prisoner_0310.html">Raw&nbsp;Story</A>&nbsp;] <A NAME=fools&liars></A><!-- pundits, politicians, Fox, NYPost, WSJ --> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="60%" align="left"><tr><td class="fonty" vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"><BR><TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=1><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" class="fonta"><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="40" class="fonty"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/foolsnliars.jpg" border="0" width="40" height="40"></TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="middle" class="fonta"><center><I><B>Fools and liars, pundits&nbsp;and&nbsp;politicians</B></I></center><BR></TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="40" class="fonty"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/pinocchio.jpg" border="0" width="40" height="42"></TD></TR></TABLE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Conservatives dominate the media and discourse in America, so lies, outrageous statements, and general nuttiness from right-wingers are utterly ordinary in mainstream media. And there's no left-wing equivalent in mainstream media, because anyone who criticizes right-wingers even half as harshly <nobr>--</nobr> even when it's warranted and true <nobr>--</nobr> is "outside the mainstream", by definition</i>.<BR> <BR><A HREF="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Ken_Starr_argues_for_Prop_8_0305.html">Arguing for California's Prop. 8, Republican stalwart Starr says any right can be taken</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.examiner.com/x-2071-DC-Special-Interests-Examiner~y2009m3d9-Chuck-Norris-claims-thousands-of-right-wing-cell-groups-exist-and-will-rebel-against-US-government">Actor who played <i>Walker: Texas Ranger</i> claims thousands of right wing cell groups exist and will rebel against US government</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.newshounds.us/2009/03/09/glenn_beck_stem_cell_research_will_spawn_search_for_master_race.php">Fox's Beck says stem cell research will spawn search for "master race"</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200903090023?show=1">After calling Democrats Bolsheviks, comrades, etc., CNBC's Cramer wants everyone to stop with ad hominem attacks</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.myprops.org/content/Jim-Cramers-2009-Predictions-vs-Actual/?link=reddit">Let's take a look at Jim Cramer's recent disastrously-wrong predictions</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_02/017094.php">Jindal's bizarre response to Obama speech is further debunked</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/04/bono/index.html">Bono (R-California) learns that fictitious mag-lev train from L.A. to Las Vegas isn't in Obama's stimulus plan</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/09/coulter-nyt-treason/">Coulter: NYT editors should have been 'executed for treason' for revealing Bush-Cheney's illegal spying on Americans</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/03/friedmans-follies.html"><i>New York Times</i>' billionaire columnist Thomas Friedman is frequently wrong</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200903090012?show=1">Guest host for Disney's Savage suggests Obama kept Blackberry to communicate with "domestic terrorist" Bill Ayers</A><BR> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table><BR><BR> <!-- =Bush-Cheney= --> <!-- == --><A NAME=gt-343></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The judges who shot down Don Siegelman's appeal were all Republican appointees, two Nixons and one Reagan vintage, and their backgrounds are enough to at least partially raise eyebrows. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Judges_on_Siegelman_panel_were_all_0306.html">Raw&nbsp;Story</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <A NAME=gt-344></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Paul Minor, another victim of the Bush-Cheney-Rove politicization of the Justice Department, has had his appeal moved from New Orleans to Austin, for reasons unknown. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.atlargely.com/2009/03/5th-circuit-court-moves-paul-minor-appeal-arguments-to-texas.html">At Largely</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =dc= --><A NAME=gt-601></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; President Obama has lifted GW Bush's imbecilic ban on federal funding for stem cell research. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/09/AR2009030901194.html?hpid=topnews">Washington&nbsp;Post</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=gt-637></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fourteen Wall Street companies have paid $69-million in fines (the word 'bribe' seems appropriate) to have the Securities and Exchange Commission ignore the evidence that they cheated customers. We've said it before and we'll say it again <nobr>--</nobr> this is wrong, counterproductive, and stupid, because justice shouldn't be for sale. If you want to put a serious crimp in criminal corporate behavior and begin restoring public confidence in capitalism, start prosecuting and imprisoning CEOs and senior executives for their crimes. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/05/business/specialist.php">New&nbsp;York&nbsp;Times</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=fnb-558></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A leaked slide show suggests that the Obama administration might actually give a damn about global climate change. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/global-warming-sc/">ThinkProgess</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=fnb-754></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tennessee) says health care is a privilege, not a right. He complains (and exaggerates) that half the Americans who don't have health insurance simply <i>choose</i> not to buy health insurance, without mentioning that a huge majority of the uninsured <i>can't afford</i> to pay hundreds of dollars a month for health coverage. And he unmistakably implies that people who "choose" not to buy health insurance have no right to health. Congressman Wamp is the rare Republican who's willing to say it plainly, but this is the Republican mindset, this is Republican logic: <i>If you can't afford health insurance, you deserve to die of cancer, AIDS, or to be un-treated <A NAME=journalism></A><!-- mainstream corporate news, but no pundits, no Fox--> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="60%" align="right"><tr><td class="fonty" vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"><BR><TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=1><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" class="fonta"> <center><I><B>Corporations own the news</B></I><BR> <img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/newslogo-abc.jpg" border="0" width="71" height="27"> <img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/newslogo-ap.jpg" border="0" width="50" height="50"> <img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/newslogo-cbs.jpg" border="0" width="54" height="35"> <img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/newslogo-cnn.jpg" border="0" width="61" height="33"> <img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/newslogo-nbc.jpg" border="0" width="57" height="45"></center> <BR><A HREF="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3733">Major media coverage of health care issue rarely mentions single-payer, shuts out proponents of universal health care</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200903090020?show=1"><i>New York Times</i> asks Obama whether he's a socialist</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200903070004?f=h_latest">MSNBC continues to use misleading charts suggesting Obama is responsible for Dow's decline</A><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200903070002?show=1">There's apparently no evidence to back <I>Washington Post</i>'s claim that Limbaugh's audience has doubled since January</A><BR> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table>if you're hit by a truck.</i> &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/GOP_Rep._Healthcare_not_right_0305.html">Raw&nbsp;Story</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=db-909></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Apparently, the Democratic Party is now officially at war with Rush Limbaugh. Of course, Limbaugh has been at war with the Democratic Party for decades, using his radio saturation to spread lies, disinformation, and exaggerated spin to defame Democrats' policies and politicians. It's about damned time that the Democrats finally respond.&nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_02/017090.php">Washington&nbsp;Monthly</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =economy= --> <!-- == --><A NAME=db-907></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; According to Moody's Investors Service, almost 300 publicly-traded US firms are at high risk of defaulting on debt payments, including Advanced Micro Devices, American Airlines, Chiquita Brands, Chrysler, Dole Food, Eastman Kodak, General Motors, JetBlue, Orbitz and United Airlines. <nobr>&nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i_GzO6tgdgOZEdW7y0gKvqif_D4w">Agence France-Presse</A>&nbsp;]</nobr><BR><BR> <A NAME=gt-639></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The reanimated corpse of bankrupt Bank of America has now threatened to sue any employees who reveal the details of its multi-billion dollar bonuses at Merrill Lynch. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7026436&page=1">ABC&nbsp;News</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=db-825></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bernie Madoff's lawyer says he'll plead guilty to all charges without making a deal, which means, of course, that a deal has already been made. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/110117/group/home/">Associated&nbsp;Press</A>&nbsp;] <A NAME=think></A> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="60%" align="left"><tr><td class="fonty" vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"><BR><TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=1><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" class="fonta"><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="40" class="fonty"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/thinker.jpg" border="0" width="40" height="40"></TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="middle" class="fonta"><I><B>It made me stop&nbsp;and&nbsp;think</B></I></TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="40" class="fonty"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/quesplanation.jpg" border="0" width="40" height="40"></TD></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "If President Obama has some better rationale for hiding the markers along the road to torture or eavesdropping from the American people, it's time we heard it. But keeping this information from us for our own good is not an acceptable argument. The most recent OLC memos demonstrate precisely why the last eight years were so extraordinary. The suggestion that we just need to get over it is starting to sound extraordinary, too." <nobr>&nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.slate.com/id/2213027/pagenum/all/">Dahlia Lithwick</A>&nbsp;]</nobr><BR> <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "How close did this nation come to being taken over by a Republican coup d'etat immediately after the 9/11 attacks? Did anybody at the time realize that George Bush had obtained all the necessary cover and 'legal' justification he needed to set this country on full dictator mode." <nobr>&nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.selectsmart.com/DISCUSS/read.php?16,687164,687164,quote=1">jazzman</A>&nbsp;]</nobr><BR> <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "The profit motive has its place in the world. But when profit governs health care, the greed of private corporations and their boards of directors inevitably leads to the intolerable circumstance of murder by spreadsheet, in which the legitimate health care needs of Americans are not met because profit-driven insurance companies refuse to pay for them." <nobr>&nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/4/145523/8466/136/704655">jasonbl</A>&nbsp;]</nobr><BR> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table><BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=db-925></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Banks are charging the unemployed outrageous fees for inquiring about their balances, and further fees for complaining about outrageous fees. I&nbsp;hate banks and haven't had a bank account in years, but this is outrageous even by banks' ordinary standards of outrageousness. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29286993/">Associated&nbsp;Press</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =world= --> <!-- == --><A NAME=fnb-706></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Israel wants to buy F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, but doesn't want to pay more than $100-million per plane. "There is no such thing as what JSF costs," says US Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles Davis, the F-35 program executive official. "If you give me a year [of purchase], a variant [of the aircraft] and a number [in the buy] I&nbsp;can give you a ball park [price]."<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm pretty sure US taxpayers are the actual purchasers of such hardware for Israel, and what Israel's saying is they want us to not only pay for their planes, but pretend they only cost half as much as they do, and allow Israel to both get the planes <i>and</i> get to spend another $100 million per plane (of our money) a <i>second</i> time, on something else entirely. Or, have their cake and eat it too. This will probably be rubber-stamped by Obama and Congress the same as Republicans would do, and end up being a backdoor way to hugely increase our already obscene subsidies of Israel, while our own people die in the streets from lack of healthcare. <nobr>&nbsp; --JR Mooneyham</nobr> &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3A27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3A193b2323-ce9c-48f8-b222-b87912e742b5">Aviation&nbsp;Week</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- == --><A NAME=fnb-601></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nope, Iran hasn't restarted its nuclear weapons program, says the US Director of <A NAME=mysterylinks></A> <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="45%" align="right"><tr><td class="fonty" vAlign="top" align="left" width="100%"><TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=1><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" class="fonta"><center><A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/mysterylinks.html"><b><i>Our mystery&nbsp;links</i></b></A><BR>(mostly just for fun)</center><BR>Links in <FONT COLOR=red><B>red</B></FONT> are not safe for work, and links in <FONT COLOR=magenta><B>pink</B></FONT> include audio and/or video.<center><iframe src="http://www.unknownnews.org/myslinks.html" width="295" height="225" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></center><DIV align="right"><A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/mysterylinks.html">... more mystery links</A>&nbsp;</div> </TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>National Intelligence. Now wait for it -- within the next few days, crazed right-wingers will again assert that Chicago or San Francisco are in danger of being obliterated by an Iranian nuclear attack. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/10/iran-nie-still-valid/">ThinkProgess</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <A NAME=fnb-742></A> Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav will be indicted for rape and indecent acts. Of course, former American President George W. Bush killed upwards of a million people for nothing -- will he ever be indicted for anything? &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069477.html">Ha'aretz&nbsp;(Jerusalem)</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =4444444444= --> <!-- =civilliberties= --><A NAME=fnb-612></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Police stole $1.2 million in drugs and $68K in cash from fans at a Phish concert in Virginia. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29602718/">Associated&nbsp;Press</A>&nbsp;]<BR><BR> <!-- =5555555555= --> <!-- == --><A NAME=fnb-1156></A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This guy sued Google, and won. Interesting story. &nbsp;[&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-greenspan/why-i-sued-google-and-won_b_172403.html">Huffington&nbsp;Post</A>&nbsp;]<BR> <BR><center>Recommended sites for gathering unknown or underreported news:<BR> &nbsp;<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://mediamatters.org/">Media&nbsp;Matters</A>&nbsp; &nbsp;<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.propublica.org/">Pro&nbsp;Publica</A>&nbsp; &nbsp;<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://thinkprogress.org">ThinkProgress</A>&nbsp; &nbsp;<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/">Washington&nbsp;Monthly</A>&nbsp; &nbsp;<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.truthout.org/">TruthOut</A>&nbsp; </center> <BR><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="middle" WIDTH="23%" class="fonta"> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-09.html"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.org/leftarrow.jpg" border="0" width="75" height="11"><BR>Older entries</A> </TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="54%" class="fonta"> Compiled by Helen&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Harry&nbsp;Highwater<BR>for&nbsp;<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/">www.unknownnews.org</a></TD><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="middle" WIDTH="23%" class="fonta"> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-13.html"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/rightarrow.jpg" border="0" height="10" width="75"><BR>Newer entries</A></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=D-11></A><A NAME=dialogue></A><BR><TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="dddddd" class="fonty"><TABLE CELLPADDING="4" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="14%" bgcolor="dddddd" class="fonty"> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-11.html#D-11"><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/dialogue-bubbles.jpg" border="0" width="75" height="75"></A></TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="86%" bgcolor="dddddd" class="fonty"> <span class="fontpq"><BIG><B>What do <I>you</i> think?</B></BIG></span><BR> <i>We welcome news tips, comments, questions, or criticisms. Our email is &#60;<A HREF="mailto:unknownnews@inbox.com">unknownnews at inbox.com</A>&#62;, and if that address ever fails you can also reach us at <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/contact.html">these back-up email addresses</A>.</i></TD></TR></TABLE> <iframe src="http://www.unknownnews.org/dailydialogue.html" height="32" width="600" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><I>Note from Helen &amp; Harry -- <BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We're still about two days behind on incoming emails, following a nearly two-week absence due to an unanticipated emergency. Your patience is appreciated, and with a little luck we'll be caught up by our next update, Friday. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Peace on earth and prosecute Bush and Cheney, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; H&amp;HH</I><BR><BR> <A NAME=11TL930></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-11.html#11TL930"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; This is a devastating argument. It shames the Bush Christians. Even their dogs and cats should fast and wear sackcloth and ashes in repentance for their butt ignorant stupidity and apathetic backing of GWB... doubly so for the pastors of their churches, who ought to resign and then in a few years join Jimmy Swaggart on Very Late Night television...<BR><BR><A HREF="http://www.antiwar.com/orig/eddlem.php?articleid=14368">You can't be a Christian and tolerate torture</A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> I've run into a number of self-proclaimed Christians (both Catholic and Protestant) who openly proclaim they favor torture of detainees in the "war on terror." I've always thought that's a strange thing for a person whose Savior was tortured to death to say.&nbsp;...<BR><BR>How do some so-called Christians justify their very unchristian position in support of torture? "These people don't respect human rights. They behead not only enemy soldiers, but also the civilians they capture."<BR><BR>And if we do the same thing to innocent detainees that will make it right, they seem to imply. Here's an alternative counter-argument I&nbsp;hear: "We can not afford to give full rights to detainees. That's suicide."<BR><BR>Our Founding Fathers and laws state otherwise. Moreover, the principles of Christianity the faithful claim to uphold also say the opposite. Do they really think it's okay to occasionally torture an innocent detainee in order to save thousands? Occasionally, I&nbsp;do get a virtual "yes" to that question; it goes something like this: "I think it's unfortunate if an innocent person is detained, but that's the price we have to pay in the modern world for our safety. Yes, torturing one to save thousands is the tough choice we have to make."<BR><BR>Ironically, Pontius Pilate might also have reasoned that he would save thousands who would have otherwise died in a violent rebellion by crucifying one innocent. Whenever I&nbsp;mention this, I&nbsp;always hear the following response: "You are really stretching things if you are comparing these scum-bag terrorists to Jesus Christ."<BR><BR>And finally we've cut to the quick of why a Christian can't possibly support torture. A Christian is required to believe that Christ is in our fellow man, especially including the prisoner. Recall the words of Matthew 25:34-46:<BR><BR>"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I&nbsp;was hungry and you gave me food, I&nbsp;was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.'<BR><BR>"Then the righteous will answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?'<BR><BR>"And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I&nbsp;say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'<BR><BR>"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I&nbsp;was hungry and you gave me no food, I&nbsp;was thirsty and you gave me no drink, a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.'<BR><BR>"Then they will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?'<BR><BR>"He will answer them, 'Amen, I&nbsp;say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.'<BR><BR>"And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."<BR><BR>If they really believe Christ is not in the prisoner, then they don't believe the words of Christ himself. If self-professed Christians really believe it's "suicide" to honor the Christ in the prisoner, can they really be believers? If they think that the Christian worldview is impractical, isn't that a clear example of lack of faith?</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <DIV align="right">Theo Lipschitz &nbsp; </div></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=11AP720></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-11.html#11AP720"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; This is a beautifully short and sweet essay by Bill Bonner:<BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.dailyreckoning.com/china-the-hope-of-the-world-economy/">China: The hope of the world economy?</A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> "Leave it to time to affect a permanent cure by the slow process of adapting the structure of production ... " said Friedrich Hayek.<BR><BR>"Depressions are not simply evils, which we might attempt to suppress," added Schumpeter, "but forms of something which has to be done, namely, adjustment to change."<BR><BR>The economy needs to be restructured. The dead wood needs to be burnt off. But the feds are trying to stop the fire.<BR><BR>Alas, said Schumpeter, "most of what would be effective in remedying a depression would be equally effective in preventing this adjustment."<BR><BR>Bradford Delong explains:<BR><BR>" ... certain investments should not have been made. The best that can be done in such circumstances is to shut down those production processes that turned out to have been based on assumptions about future demands that did not come to pass. The liquidation of such investments and businesses releases factors of production from unprofitable uses; they can then be redeployed in other sectors of the technologically dynamic economy. Without the initial liquidation the redeployment cannot take place. And, said Hayek, depressions are this process of liquidation and preparation for the redeployment of resources.<BR><BR>"As Schumpeter put it, policy does not allow a choice between depression and no depression, but between depression now and a worse depression later: 'inflation pushed far enough [would] undoubtedly turn depression into the sham prosperity so familiar from European postwar experience, [and] ... would, in the end, lead to a collapse worse than the one it was called in to remedy.' For 'recovery is sound only if it does come of itself. For any revival which is merely due to artificial stimulus leaves part of the work of depressions undone and adds, to an undigested remnant of maladjustment, new maladjustment of its own which has to be liquidated in turn, thus threatening business with another [worse] crisis ahead.'</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> I saw Obama on TV yesterday crowing about diverting $2 billion from the stimulus funds to pay for cities to hire more cops. He was at a police academy graduation ceremony filled with new cops who would have been terminated without the new money.<BR><BR>I can't help but think that with government doing most of the hiring now that it would be more effective to pay the salaries of the newly hired workers on the condition that they promise to never, EVER, show up for work. That is because each new flat-footed flunky and bureaucrat creates additional costs and funding requirements. For example, a cop has to make arrests and write tickets, or else... So, we'll have millions of oxygen consuming new government employees busily producing nothing of value... will that end the recession? Uh huh...<BR><BR>Supposedly <A HREF="http://www.cantonrep.com/news/x1569321039/Stark-s-hottest-job-Janitor">700 people applied for a single janitorial job</A> in Ohio.<BR><BR> Can you imagine people lining up around the block to push a broom in Bumf*ck Ohio? Maybe in that situation it is time to think about relocating to a place where there are more possibilities for a future? Or, relocating to a place less harsh and brutal -- like California or Oregon? Hawaii? Or why not Alaska? What is it with those generations who stay put in Ohio when there is no future except the government dole? Nada...<BR><BR> In OHIO? I&nbsp;don't think Ohio is improving with age...<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta">Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'.<BR>We're finally on our own.<BR>This summer I&nbsp;hear the drummin'.<BR><A HREF="http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/c/crosbystillsnashyoung6061/fourdeadinohio237783.html">Four dead in Ohio</A>.<BR><BR>Gotta get down to it.<BR>Soldiers are gunning us down.<BR>Should have been done long ago.<BR>What if you knew her and<BR>Found her dead on the ground?<BR>How can you run when you know?<BR><BR>Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.<BR>Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.<BR>Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.<BR>Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.<BR><BR>Gotta get down to it.<BR>Soldiers are cutting us down.<BR>Should have been done long ago.<BR>What if you knew her and<BR>Found her dead on the ground?<BR>How can you run when you know?<BR><BR>Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'.<BR>We're finally on our own.<BR>This summer I&nbsp;hear the drummin'.<BR>Four dead in Ohio.<BR>Four dead in Ohio.<BR>Four dead in Ohio.<BR>Four dead in Ohio.<BR>Four dead in Ohio.<BR>Four dead in Ohio.<BR>Four dead in Ohio.<BR>Four dead in Ohio.<BR>Four dead in Ohio. </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <DIV align="right">Amber Perez &nbsp; </div><BLOCKQUOTE><i> Takes money to move, and I'm not sure a slightly better economy in California or Oregon justifies the expense of moving cross-country for someone who makes a living by pushing a mop (like I&nbsp;do). </i><BR><BR><DIV align="right"><i>Helen & Harry Highwater</i><A NAME=12S1039></A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="fonta"> <A HREF="#12S1039"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <i><B>3/12/2009:</B></i> &nbsp; I have a lot of CSNY albums and CSN and S albums. I don't remember ever hearing that song, tho. Oh well. Perhaps if I ever get them out of storage I can look for it. I know exactly where the boxes are; right by the door...<BR><BR>Bonner moved to France a year or two ago, didn't he? I wonder how the rest of the world looks like from his little chateau... Nostradamus seems to have hinted that a million man army from China would threaten to overwhelm France, but that it would be (atom bombs) that would be the gutting mechanism. France is the most beautiful country I saw in Europe, every inch of which seems to have been husbanded with loving peasant care almost forever.<BR><BR>China has a lot of really big problems in its "back-countries" -- Mongolia, Tibet, and the "stans" between it and Russia. Pollution being the least of them.<BR><BR>As this year progresses, we may begin to see the way the Earth will start cleaning up after us. Probably not an easy or pleasant process, which will tend to increase in speed and volume in the following three years. I thought everything was starting to speed up sometime during the 90s, but it seems now to be accelerating. There was an actual website about that. No, there seem to be more now: just Google "accelerating times" and you'll get about 18,600,000 results. Whoa boy...<BR><BR>Cultivating an attitude of universal tolerance might be the best way to get through it as individuals and communities.<BR><BR>And that may be the single most difficult mindset to maintain -- learning to love the Earth as she was and will never be again.<BR><BR>The latest program in the animal apocalypse series on Animal Planet channel showed the meteor extinction event 65 million years ago, as well as the Deccan Traps volcanic floods, which it seems may have been triggered by that mile-deep penetration of the meteor on the other side of the Earth.<BR><BR>Food for thought. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Siskiyousis &nbsp; </div><!-- reply --> </TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=10TC615></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-11.html#10TC615"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; I like the changes to your blogsite and I&nbsp;like the fact that you are taking more time for yourselves. You have to stop and just smell the flowers sometimes.<BR><BR>I've not been contributing much of late, I&nbsp;know. Geez I&nbsp;have a ton to say about the Iraq war, Afghanistan, the economy, the Middle East, but I&nbsp;have had no time to sit and write much down. I'm just letting it all pass me by for a while. I&nbsp;read that Amnesty International has officially condemned both Hamas and Israel for engaging in war crimes. What a ridiculous world we live in these days. War IS a crime. But, I&nbsp;guess not all crimes are of equal evil. I&nbsp;also note that I&nbsp;am the only contributor to unknownnews to have picked up on the fact that the Israelis were once again using experimental American made DIME munitions in Gaza. I&nbsp;believe this same type of explosive mix (RDX with powdered aluminum) was used to blow up the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan some months ago. Coincidence <nobr>;-)</nobr> <A HREF="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/dime.htm">LINK</A>, <A HREF="http://www.chowrangi.com/blast-at-marriott-hotel-islamabad-how-why-and-what-next.html">LINK</A>.<BR><BR> Now then, I&nbsp;read the article: What Cooked the World's Economy? I&nbsp;quite liked it.<BR><BR>One thing the article did not mention was the fact that AIG could not fail because it would have meant a loss of confidence in the value of the US dollar and the subsequent collapse of many investments denominated in the US dollar. AIG is the fulcrum upon which many banks rest their CDOs. If AIG fails, the world's banking system will suffer terribly. It's frankly amazing that one company, whose 400 employees in their London, UK, office wreaked such world havoc! It was this office that created the majority of these credit default derivatives in such volume as if they were printing paper advertising flyers for Wal-Mart.<BR><BR>"European banks were particularly at risk from an AIG bankruptcy by owning three-quarters of the USD 441 billion in unregulated complex security instruments protected by AIG, the New York Times reported. The securities are tied to the plunging subprime mortgage market. Tens of millions of policy holders worldwide, including in Europe, were at risk as well. A bankruptcy filing by AIG, a huge world player in insuring risk for institutions, would have had an even greater impact on the US and global finance system than the USD 600 billion bankruptcy by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, industry experts warned" &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--<A HREF="http://www.neurope.eu/articles/89812.php">neurope.eu/articles/89812.php</A><BR><BR>It is the same reason why Fannie May and Freddie Mac could not fail. Had they failed, so would have foreign investment confidence in the US economy. If no-one lends to the US, the US has no economy. The top five foreign holders of Freddie and Fannie long-term debt are China, Japan, the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, and Belgium. In total foreign investors hold over $1.3 trillion in these agency bonds, according to the US Treasury's "Report on Foreign Portfolio Holdings of US Securities."<BR><BR>"For anyone who still doubted the growing global influence of such emerging powerhouses as China, consider this: The US government's decision to take control of foundering mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) was driven not by worries about the fading US housing market, but by concerns that foreign central banks in China, Japan, Europe, the Middle East and Russia might stop buying our bonds. As the bailout announced Sunday is currently structured, more than $1.3 trillion worth of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debt currently held by the central banks and other investors in those regions will be guaranteed by the US government - even if one or both of the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) were to fail. That means that US taxpayers -- government parlance for you and me - will ultimately foot a big part of the bill for making sure those foreign bondholders are "made whole." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --<A HREF="http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/09/11/fnm/">moneymorning.com/2008/09/11/fnm/</A><BR><BR>Re: Japanese government in crisis as recession deepens on the world socialist website. This article is true. In fact, the Japanese economy never really recovered from the deep recession of the 80's. The US bailout plan is following the same logic of the Japanese Central Bankers of that time. Although presently the US has some better tactics to address the issue than the Japanese did of that time. I&nbsp;also generally like the articles of the Socialist website.<BR><BR>"Another lesson from Japan: Don't try to spend your way out of an economic trough. Japan ramped up government spending on public works projects, including bridges and river "improvement" programs that literally lined many waterways with cement. But it didn't work, and today the only evidence of this spending binge is the ugly slabs of cement that mar the Japanese countryside. In other ways, though, the US is more vulnerable than Japan was in the 1990s. Japan has one of the highest savings rates in the world; the US among the lowest. Japanese consumers, flush with savings, maintained virtually the same rates of consumption throughout the 1990s. American consumers have no such savings to draw upon - and, in fact, carry heavy debt loads - including debt accrued through home equity loans. "It is the debt load of consumers in the US that makes US problems much worse than what happened in Japan," argues blogger Mike Shedlock in globaleconomicanalysis.com. As many analysts have pointed out, millions of American homeowners used their houses as ATMs. That ATM, however, is now out of service and probably won't be open for business again anytime soon." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --<A HREF="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88156284">npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88156284</A> <BR><BR><DIV align="right">The Canadian &nbsp; </div></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=10BC1211></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-11.html#10BC1211"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; I suppose we all should admit now -- come out of Denial about it -- that our new President is perfectly unequipped to solve any of the most serious problems confronting us. He knows *nothing* himself and delegates his thinking just as The Decider used to do. During a recent press conference he said stocks might be a good investment now because the "profit earnings ratios" (sic) are low. Perhaps he misspoke, but I&nbsp;assume that he does not have Clue One about Price-Earnings ratios.<BR><BR>Paul Krugman rips Decider 2 in today's column, (thoughtfully disseminated by <A HREF="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/06-3">commondreams.org</A>). Read that yourself, it is short and sweet so there is no need to excerpt highlights.<BR><BR>President Obama likes to hold encounter sessions with stake holders and serve cookies and juice, for all I&nbsp;know. Whatever. He is either as clueless as a kitten in a paper bag, or he is a corrupt, lying thief who is intentionally covering up for the Bush Regime and extending the looting of our treasury. You pick.<BR><BR>Our man Jim Willie was the first to predict that $5 trillion would be needed to bail out the banks. Turns out that $10 trillion was needed, though they aren't finished sweeping up the gold dust from the vaults at Fort Knox...and loading the planes leaving for New Zealand (before telling us we're all totally bankrupt :-) So, when Jim Willie writes some "reactionary" sh*t, I'm inclined to at least consider that what he is saying has a basing in reality&nbsp;...<BR><BR><A HREF="http://www.321gold.com/editorials/willie/willie030609.html">Gold & the panic phase</A><BR><BR>You can read that for yourself, too, but it is not brief... If you think that the money looted by AIG, Bernie Madoff and the Iraq Reconstruction had to end up somewhere, you are actually Thinking... wouldn't you f*cking like to know where that money went, and why the Federal Reserve is keeping it secret? They won't even tell US Senators... Jim Willie thinks it went to a different country&nbsp;<NOBR>:-)</NOBR><BR><BR>The thing I&nbsp;disagree about with Jim is his idea that everyone should put every bit of their life savings into gold and silver. I&nbsp;think 25% is more sane, and though he might actually be correct, that "notion" doesn't cut it with me (if everyone could stop using Obama's word "notion" all the time... please revert to normal English words such as idea, concept, thought, belief, scheme, etc.). My belief is that at the end of all of the looting of the treasury the US will still exist, and that we will have houses, grocery stores, automobiles, TV's, ATMs, etc. And there will still be corporations ... and money.<BR><BR>Jim is a great guy but a total reactionary&nbsp;...<BR><BR>Anyway, back to President Obama. Clueless bastard or evil lying bastard, take your pick. My theory is that the US government is going to print arbitrarily large amounts of money, possibly a quadrillion dollars if that is what it takes, to try to stop this dang recession. So that means converting our dollars ahead of time into other things that will have purchasing power later. It is a gift from God that the US dollar has been appreciating against most foreign currencies for the last 6 months or so, as this is a second chance to make an escape (or is it a third chance?) Anyway, it is an act of mercy for those smart enough to recognize it for what it is. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Billie Cavanaugh &nbsp; </div></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=11Wig1209></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-11.html#11Wig1209"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=99882">Israel kills five militants in air raid on Gaza Strip</A><BR><BR> Israel waited until Clinton left before making its intended move. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Wig &nbsp; </div></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=10BR652></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-11.html#10BR652"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090305/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_aides_testimony">Rove and Miers reach negotiated agreement to testify on US attorney firings</A><BR><BR> And they'll testify "under penalty of perjury".<BR><BR>The proper way to grow good fangs is either:<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; very slowly, if they're to be few but last a long while, like a dog or person<BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or very rapidly, if they're to be many and be constantly replaced, like a shark.<BR><BR>I like dogs. Don't like sharks. <BLOCKQUOTE><i> I'm not sure I&nbsp;agree with <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-09.html#08TBR545">your view on this</A> -- it's more optimistic than mine -- but I&nbsp;find it refreshing, and it makes sense. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; H&amp;HH</i><A NAME=12TBR1006></A></BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="fonta"> <A HREF="#12TBR1006"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <i><B>3/12/2009:</B></i> &nbsp; Well, I don't predict outcome. I used to and was proved wrong. The American people tolerated 8 years of abuse by orangutans.<BR><BR>But I DO assess strategy, and Obama is wisely choosing the widest track of options to get things done.<BR><BR>He's pissing off the hard right AND the hard left (which, for convenience sake, I'll label, although I know you're above this left/right nonsense).<BR><BR>You're pissed that he isn't going after Bush and that he's not immediately letting all the Gitmoes free, but he has lots of time and has major political capital he can't afford to blow. Every day, he gains more and more centrist respect, which will make him electorally bulletproof (bad analogy, I know).<BR><BR>I'd hate to see Bush get hammered at the expense of Obama's ability to pull our fat from the fire.<BR><BR>Guy REALLY has a LOT on his plate. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">The&nbsp;Blue&nbsp;Rajah &nbsp; </div><!-- reply --><BLOCKQUOTE><i> I didn't expect Obama to instantly free the unjustly imprisoned at Guantanamo or the other American concentration camps. Concerning Guantanamo, his slow timeline for closure is probably a good compromise between what's appropriate and what's politically feasible. I'm more deeply troubled by his unwillingness to do anything about the other American concentration camps that don't get as much publicity.<BR><BR>I'm presently more fixated and frustrated by Obama's dogged determination to continue some of Bush-Cheney's most atrocious policies, and the new administration's reflex response of actually going to court and arguing that Bush-Cheney were right.<BR><BR>I also disagree emphatically with the conventional wisdom that Obama can't afford the political capital it would cost to prosecute Bush. That's a smokescreen, because Obama needn't -- and shouldn't -- be involved in any way. He has other urgent matters to attend to, matters that are part of his job description, and going after Bush-Cheney isn't part of his job description. Presidents shouldn't have much of anything to say about Justice Department investigations.<BR><BR>An investigation of the crimes of the Bush-Cheney administration shouldn't be an Obama concern at all -- Holder's people at DoJ should investigate and prosecute, because the facts of the matter 2001-08 clearly justify an investigation and prosecution. But instead of standing back and letting an investigation take its course, the Obama administration is actively obstructing justice by trying to shut down any investigation. That's reprehensible, and it makes Barack Obama et al accessories after the fact. </i><BR><BR><DIV align="right"><i>Helen & Harry Highwater</i></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> </TD></TR></TABLE> <center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> Re <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-06.html#db-1229">Helen's comment</A> that "Proposition 8, the initiative barring gays from marrying that passed in California last November, is now being pondered by the state's Supreme Court. Can a majority vote can take away the civil rights of a minority? That's the real question here."<BR><BR> Of course it can. That's one of the downsides of democracy. The question I&nbsp;think is better asked:<BR><BR>Will the majority realize that a majority of them are minorities in some sense? No-one ('no-one' is hyperbolic, a rhetorical sarcasm) thinks <i>their</i> kid will grow up gay, fall in love with someone of their own gender, and wish to marry, raise kids, and generally serve themselves, their spouse, kids, and society, from the platform of a covenant protected by civil law and respected by some form of sanctifying institution.<BR><BR>I, of course, am no-one, so I&nbsp;never thought that way. Good thing, 'cuz my 21-year-old daughter's a hardcore lezzie, has lived with her lover for a year, and worked hard, through excruciatingly painful disease (Google <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?q=CRPS+Chronic+Regional+Pain+Syndrome&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a">CRPS Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome</A>, to get a glimpse), to support her and her woman as her woman, also 21, pursues a PhD degree, and plans to tie the knot this summer. <BLOCKQUOTE><i> Congrats to your daughter and you, and cripes, I&nbsp;hope she has health insurance. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; H&amp;HH</i></BLOCKQUOTE> <center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> BTW, I&nbsp;love that you still headline <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/911.html">uncomfortable questions about 911</A>. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">The&nbsp;Blue&nbsp;Rajah &nbsp; </div><BLOCKQUOTE><i> And I&nbsp;love it when anyone notices. </i><BR><BR><DIV align="right"><i>Helen & Harry Highwater</i><A NAME=12TBR951></A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="fonta"> <A HREF="#12TBR951"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <i><B>3/12/2009:</B></i> &nbsp; It will probably go the way of FDR Pearl Harbor questions, but skepticism is as poor a guessor of historical outcome as optimism. So I lean to optimism because it's more fun and it pisses off the cognoscenti.<BR><BR>Hun, as bad as things are I thinking we're getting our share of that FDR sunshine our parent's grandparents got. (Not that FDR was an angel by any means. He was a stark raving genocidist near the end, but so was almost everyone in charge of WWII by that time. But the f*cker got things done, and got the important one right.) <BR><BR><DIV align="right">The&nbsp;Blue&nbsp;Rajah &nbsp; </div><!-- reply --> </TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=10JR744></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-11.html#10JR744"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <A HREF="http://wm31.inbox.com/index.aspx?_cu=f1Xn8IY-uCTx7Nit8EhRNfufo-jM7-sBkHCvMNRUOhEKeGfLgclM@#m_em">Obama orders overhaul of `broken' US contracting</A><BR><BR>If Obama really wants to clean up government contracts and more, he should also empower and reward whistleblowers across-the-board for rooting out both government and corporate misdeeds. Whistle-blowing should even get a cabinet level post! I&nbsp;can guarantee you we'd benefit more from whistleblowing than we do our current CIA, NSA, and Pentagon spy agencies! Especially when you consider the element of cost-effectiveness!<BR><BR>Also note that setting such a thing up would automatically clear Obama himself from much of any fallout from even the worst mistakes made by his underlings during his time in office. And also help keep his staff in-line ethics-wise -- so long as they all fully understood such whistleblowers could very well come after them, too. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://wwwjp.blackwellpublishing.com/bw/press/pressitem.asp?ref=2109">Politicians can use fear to manipulate the public</A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> ... manipulation is more likely when the public doesn't understand an issue or is unlikely to be able to overcome the fear created by politicians. By contrast, the easier it is for citizens to observe that the politician has made false statements, the less likely it is that politicians will attempt to use fear at all.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> Note how the quote makes it imperative that a nation have an inquisitive and skeptical mainstream media, which steadfastly stands by facts and shoots down baseless rumors and lies. Unfortunately, America's current mainstream media just barely qualifies as having any of those qualities at all, for even the briefest of moments. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://blog.wolfram.com/2009/03/05/wolframalpha-is-coming/">Wolfram|Alpha is coming!</A><BR><BR> Stephen Wolfram thinks he just may have the Starship Enterprise's interactive computer almost ready for prime time -- and all of us using it like Google on steroids online.<BR><BR>This could be huge news -- if it works. Wolfram IS brilliant. And just as ambitious as you'd want such a smart guy to be. Plus he has the money to actually get major stuff accomplished, I&nbsp;believe.<BR><BR>If I'd had the money, I'd have bought his expensive math program years ago just to play with. And his much later huge book (that may be related to his latest announcement), too. <A NAME=12LH1015></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#dddddd" class="fonta"> <A HREF="#12LH1015"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; <i><B>3/12/2009:</B></i> &nbsp; 1) If you enroll as a student somewhere, like a community college, you can probably acquire a student version of Mathematica for about $75 -- the standard commercial version was around $1500 last time I looked, if memory serves.<BR><BR>2) Preferable in some ways though probably not quite as slick in others is "Sage Math", which is free and Open Source. It consolidates a large number of existing open source math programs into a (quasi) coherent user interface (expect a rigorous learning curve -- TANSTAAFL <NOBR>:-)</NOBR><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.sagemath.org/">sagemath.org/</A><BR> about: <A HREF="http://www.ddj.com/linux-open-source/204702621">ddj.com/linux-open-source/204702621</A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Sage can take the place of commercial software commonly used in mathematics education, in large government laboratories and in math-intensive research. The program can do anything from mapping a 12-dimensional object to calculating rainfall patterns under global warming.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <DIV align="right">Lionel Reebenhoffer &nbsp; </div><!-- reply --> </TD></TR></TABLE> <center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> <A HREF="http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/mar/07/police-dog-remembered/">More than 50 law enforcement officers pay respects<BR>to police dog that died of kidney failure</A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonta"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Among the mourners: some 50 law enforcement officers - Clinton police, Anderson, Scott and Campbell County deputies, state troopers and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officers.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> Yep, this is Tennessee! Gives dogs better send-offs than it does most people...and likely related to the state's tendency to vote Republican... <BR><BR><DIV align="right">JR Mooneyham &nbsp;(<A HREF="http://www.jrmooneyham.com">www.jrmooneyham.com/</A>) &nbsp; </div></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=10MAF621></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-11.html#10MAF621"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; Man, I&nbsp;feel so numb (blase?) today. Curiously, I&nbsp;have no interest in the opinions of pundits, not Maddow, Olbermann, Cramer, et al. I&nbsp;am not at all interested because I&nbsp;think I&nbsp;have a REALLY good handle on things and just don't need to hear any of their stuff...if I&nbsp;want the news I&nbsp;will go get it on the net.<BR><BR>This must mean I&nbsp;am totally doomed. Of course. <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> Did I&nbsp;mention that I&nbsp;sent an email to Microsoft recommending that they offer only one version of Windows 7, thus giving the "expert" (expensive) version to everyone at the same price. The idea is to try to make people stop hating them so much. WELLLLLL....<BR><BR>I just read today that they're ignoring my opinion and will even be offering a "crippleware" version of Windows 7 for Netbooks (which are bigger than an iPhone and smaller than a notebook PC.) The crippled Windows 7 will only be able to run 3 programs at once and the customer will have to pay up to run the full powered version of the software...which, get this...comes preloaded. Since netbooks are supposed to be really cheap, this is just incredibly stupid and I&nbsp;think the Linux/Android OS netbooks will capitalize on Microsoft's horrible behavior.<BR><BR>This confirms my belief that the company is doomed until they get new management. In theory the stock price can go up considerably from here, but I&nbsp;wouldn't want to own if -- if you gave me shares I&nbsp;would sell them instantly and buy something with a future...(like First Solar (FSLR)???, or Apple...) <br><br><center>== &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; == &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ==</center><br> Speaking of $$$, look at <a href="http://charts3.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=HGK9&data=A&jav=adv&vol=Y&divd=Y&evnt=adv&grid=Y&code=BSTK&org=stk&fix=">the chart for copper</a>, which is supposed to be a barometer of the economy. This is why FCX, Freeport Copper and Gold is breaking out to the upside (<a href="http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?c=fcx,uu[h,a]daclyimy[dc][pc5!b20!b50!b200][vc60][iut!Uc20!La12,26,9!Lg!Ll14!Lh14,3]"> beautiful chart</a>, looks like a buy... but buy the dips, not the blips, as usual, because we're still in bear mode and bull market technical analysis techniques don't work). <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Mahdi Abdul Finkelstein &nbsp; </div></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=10WB707></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR> <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="fonta"><BR> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0903-11.html#10WB707"><FONT COLOR=blue>#</FONT></A>&nbsp; Re <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/casualties.html">unknownnews.org/casualties.html</A><BR><BR> Do you have a total of Iraqi civilian casualties not killed by coalition forces? If not, do you have an estimated percentage?<BR><BR>I have seen an estimate of 2/3rd of all civilian casualties were the result of terrorist action who target civilians. <BR><BR><DIV align="right">Wallace B. &nbsp; </div><BLOCKQUOTE><i> Nope, I&nbsp;don't have this information and wouldn't easily know where to find it, but I'm not sure the question is pertinent. Prior to the American attack that toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraq had next to no experience with terrorism -- there simply </i>weren't<i> suicide bombers and buildings blowing up and gunmen bursting into mosques and bombs exploding at public markets, etc. Iraq became a hotbed of terrorism as a response to the American attack and occupation of Iraq, a response anyone familiar with Middle East politics could have predicted before the invasion. 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The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution expressed a desire in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.<BR><BR> Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several states as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all or any of which articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures to be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the said Constitution. viz: Articles in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress and Ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.<BR><A NAME=FirstAmendment></A><BR> <b>The First Amendment</b><BR><BR> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; 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