From: geoff smith Date: December 25, 2008 10:05:50 PM EST (CA) To: “Newsmax.com” Subject: Re: U.S. Military Preparing for Domestic Disturbances your U.S. military cannot control even Iraq or Afghanistan…what makes you think it could control unruly rednecks? The military would be a pushover. On 25-Dec-08, at 8:34 PM, Newsmax.com wrote: Breaking from Newsmax.com U.S. [...]
Well, here we are, on the verge of watching the U.S. government approve yet another bailout plan, this time to save Detroit’s Big Three Automakers. Given the amount of money spent under conservative George W. Bush’s tenure, one may surmise that there is no reason not to keep printing money. But please give the spectacle [...]
TRY THIS AMERICAN IDEA — ABERDEEN ST COULD BECOME PART OF THE OLD WEST!! IF IT ALREADY ISN’T……. Gun Crazy: Firearms Proponents Want a World Where College Kids Carry Concealed Weapons By Liliana Segura, AlterNet. Posted December 9, 2008. The NRA and Co. have pushed campaigns to allow concealed-weapons permits on college campuses in 15 [...]
FROM THE LOST ANGELES TIMES, A SCARY STORY….. Spying on pacifists, environmentalists and nuns An undercover Maryland State Police trooper infiltrated nonviolent groups and labeled dozens of people as terrorists. By Bob Drogin December 7, 2008 Reporting from Takoma Park, Md. — To friends in the protest movement, Lucy was an eager 20-something who attended [...]
JOHN YOO…..AT BOALT HALL AT UC BERKELEY….AN ARCHITECT OF THE U.S. TORTURE POLICY. AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW, AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION…..IS HE A FELON? FROM THE SF CHRONICLE/GATE Back to Article UC professor under fire for White House memo Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, December 5, 2008 (12-04) 18:02 PST — Berkeley’s City Council will delve [...]
FROM THE GUARDIAN/OBSERVER, WITH THANKS TO ELIZABETH HANSON AND PAT RAE OF THE QUEEN’S ENGLISH DEPARTMENT…. The new Cicero Barack Obama’s speeches are much admired and endlessly analysed, but, says Charlotte Higgins, one of their most interesting aspects is the enormous debt they owe to the oratory of the Romans Charlotte Higgins Wednesday November 26 [...]
THE OBSERVER ON OBAMA’S “THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME…. Obama criticised for economic team’s link to failed bank chief Presidential advisers are protégés of director of Citigroup, the bank accused of reckless sub-prime investments that led to its near-collapse Edward Helmore in New York guardian.co.uk, Sunday November 30 2008 00.01 [...]