[CTRL] radioforchange.com
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Dave Hartley http://www.asheville-computer.com/dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Scoop) The Scoop - http://www.bobharris.com/ Hi all -- Before the column, a quick radio update⦠1) Thought you'd like to know that we're giving away $5000 a week on my new morning radio show... Working Assets is actually giving away over $100,000 total to worthy causes nominated by listeners who visit their web page at http://www.radioforchange.com. If there's an activist group you like -- national or local -- just go to their online form, and then fill out who you are and why you support the group. We draw names every Thursday morning shortly after 9 am eastern time, and if you hear your name drawn, run to the phone and call in, and you can tell our growing audience what's so cool about the group on the air yourself. Working Assets will then send them the $5000 posthaste. This week's winner was the Safe Schools Coalition. Becky, who nominated the group, was really fun to talk with. Maybe next Thursday I'll be talking with you⦠it could happen⦠2) Not really a radio thing, but what the hell: congratulations should be sent to Doris "Granny D" Haddock, who completed her 3000-mile march for campaign finance reform on Tuesday. If you were listening to the show, she was kind enough to squeeze my show ten minutes for an interview that very morning, in between NBC's Today Show and ABC's Good Morning America. What a sweet, amazing, cool woman. You can read the news from the end of her journey and send her congrats at http://www.grannyd.com. 3) Listenership to http://www.radioforchange.com has more than tripled in the last month. I'd be writing about it even if I wasn't directly involved. I hope you'll tune in. Almost the entire Congressional Progressive Caucus have been guests on one show or another, and a number of our Action Alerts have already resulted in changes in government or corporate policies. On yesterday's show, Laura Flanders had an interview from Santiago with the brother of Orlando Letelier (the leading dissident assassinated by the CIA-supported Chilean secret police), speaking about the return to Chile of dictator Augusto Pinochet; I stopped blithering long enough to report on 24-hour satellite surveillance programs now being used on parolees, tracking their every move via the Global Positioning System; and Matt Rothschild from The Progressive told listeners about the resignations of the UN's main inspectors in Iraq in protest of the human cost of continued sanctions, a story almost completely unreported in the U.S. The hope for a genuine progressive, alternative broadcast medium seems to be a real one. This whole thing excites the hell out of me... check it out! Thanks! Bob THE SCOOP for March 6, 2000 © copyright 2000 Bob Harris Fascism is on the rise... possibly because nothing else is for these people. Digressing for a moment: it's amazing what sort of lunatic ideas people can choose to believe. In England, there's a libel trial underway in which the plaintiff (who claims that Auschwitz was a kind of "Disneyland") is basically putting the Holocaust itself on trial. So Israel, which has an obvious interest in making sure that the millions of victims aren't dishonored, has released the memoirs of Adolf Eichmann. The memoirs, while not the most fascinating reading, turned out to be, in the words of the newspaper Ha'aretz, "very orderly." Well, *of course* they were orderly. The guy *was* a Nazi, after all. Adverbs, line up! And now much of the civilized world is alarmed and puzzled at the rise of Nazi apologist Joerg Haider and his far-right Freedom Party. Is it caused by an influx of refugees from the Balkan wars? A more general resentment of economic union with the rest of Europe? A societal desire to reframe and shed a shameful past? Maybe. Or maybe there's a simpler, more direct explanation. Psychologist Wilhelm Reich explained fascism "the political manifestation of sexual repression." Maybe so. Look, the Nazis were consumed by the idea of sexual purity. Phallic symbolism was ubiquitous in Nazi drag, right down to the stiff right arms extended in national salute. Even the uniforms look like hardcore fetish gear. And now get this: the very same day the Haider's resignation -- a strategic move intended to improve his future chances of becoming chancellor -- crossed the newswire, so did the following: The European Union has set a uniform standard for latex condoms across Europe. And according to Focus magazine in Berlin, there's only one problem: the standard condom keeps falling off German men. Ah... To paraphrase a line from my comedian friend Mike Irwin, maybe Haider's next platform should include free handouts of rubber bands. ___ Want proof that some stock prices are truly
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Steamshovel Press Electronic Newsletter, March 2000
PRESENTING THE NEW ISSUE OF STEAMSHOVEL PRESS ONLINE...
* FEATURE ARTICLE
Media, Manipulation and the Cult of Consumerism
An Interview with media critic/author Douglas Rushkoff
* OFFLINE ILLUMINATION
Divide Conquer: The Jesuit Way
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Below find two responses to media reports about Richard Metzger's Disinfo
Convention in New York City on February 19 (see http://www.disinfo.com),
where Steamshovel's Kenn Thomas moderated a panel that included Greg Bishop,
Rob Sterling, Jonathan Vankin and ALiens In America author Jodi Dean.
To New York Times:
Dear Editor,
Jon Pareles misquoted me in his report on the Disinfo convention recently
held in New York. "Weird and Fun, Anything Goes When It's Cyberpalooza, 2/21
edition of the New York Times.) I moderated a panel on conspiracy theories
at the event and Mr. Pareles has me saying "The idea that there's an
absolute answer to anything is patently wrong." I actually said
"everything", not "anything", an important distinction considering how flaky
the newspapers often like to make conspiracy theorists look. In fact, I was
quoting Jonathan Vankin, author of The 70 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time
and a member of the panel. Mr. Vankin had made the point previously on a TV
news program, that absolute proof is not even a legal standard. The courts
only require proof beyond a reasonable doubt. It is precisely this
acceptance of uncertainty that fuels conspiracy "theories" and leads to
important discoveries and new facts. Pareles' misquote drops the discussion
into a cauldron of relativity that I did not intend.
Kenn Thomas
Steamshovel Press
To Suck (Wired Magazine)
Dear Editor:
What a petulant little article on the recent Disinfo Con in NYC! ("White
Men in Hammerstein Ballroom," Suck, 2/28/00
http://www.suck.com/daily/2000/02/28/)
Not enough women and blacks?!? Do observations come more phony and facile?
Richard Metzger had a lot of weird shit happening at Disnfo Con but least it
got beyond idea number two. That's more than can be said about the writer of
this article, who apparently was looking for the Democratic convention or
something similar to hold hands, sing "Kumbaya" and hope for a better
America. Kudos to Metzger for defying the false dialogue of the PC
psuedo-left and presenting some straightforward chaos.
Kenn Thomas
Steamshovel Press
POB 23715
St. Louis, MO 63121
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in abundance. Contact http://www.ufocongress.com for more information.
Kenn Thomas will appear at the Fortean Times UnConvention in London,
April 29-30. Contact http://www.forteantimes.com for more information.
Thomas
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at the event.
YES, the new hard-copy Steamshovel is out now! Just in time, too. One
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Re: [CTRL] the truth about ETs, the Mayans and telepathy: It has to do with time.
-Caveat Lector- -Cui Bono?- Greetings, There are several topics mentioned within the message posted by 'earthman' on the subject of ET's and their official governmental disclosure or otherwise. that deserve further development. Regarding the Mayans, telepathy, 2012 and meddling of ET's in the affairs of humans. Those three topics are actually related. The works of Dr. Jose Arguelles, founder of Earth Day, organizer of the Harmonic Convergence, author of The Mayan Factor: path beyond technology'; ' The Transformative Vision' and Earth Ascending, relates and explains all of those topics in a most compelling way. His most important discovery is the significance of the Mayan calendar and it's implications. In a nut shell, his research has lead him to conclude that the fundamental flaw in human civilization is that we have adopted an artificial timing frequency that is held in place by the Gregorian Calendar and the mechanical clock. http://www.mind.net/maps/htmlb/endtime.htm The Gregorian calendar is a manmade contrivance which is out of synchronicity with the natural timing mechanism which is measured by the waxing and waning of the moon. 13 moons of 28 days equals 364 days plus a day out of time equals the 365 days of a solar year. I will not get to specific with the supporting evidence presented by Dr. Arguelles. Those interested can review the links I have provide and read his books. The internalization of the illogical and unquestioned 12 month Gregorian calendar and the 60 minute mechanical clock has had the effect of disharmonizing our relationship to the Earth and each other. As Einstein undisputedly proclaimed "time is the 4th dimension". Time is of the mind. The current modes of timekeeping have nothing to do with the 4th dimension. They are are stuck in the articulation 3rd dimensional space only. Our devices measure space not time. This profound inaccuracy is THE fundamental flaw in the architecture of the westerns worlds mytho-religious paradigms of the Judeo Christian culture complex which in turn gave birth to scientific materialism and it's mechanical clock. According to Dr, Arguelles's research the disharmonzing effect of the Gregorian calendar and the mechanical clock, of which both have their foundations in ancient Babylonia, is related to the "angry Jehovah blame the woes of this world on Eve syndrome". In the Judeo Christian mythology the God Jehovah is somehow separate from us and nature. This view has produced the world dominating paradigm or new religion of scientific materialism. This mythology/paradigm is solely responsible for the currently advanced state of environmental and societal degradation. The priest/scientists of scientific materialism have acknowledged that the biosphere of Earth and it's inhabitants will suffer potentially irreversible wide spread damage in the very near future if the current mode of civilization is not drastically changed. The late Joseph Campbell noted in his comparative studies of world religion/mythologies that the Judeo world view is unique in that is was patriarchal, monotheistic and it did not recognize the gods of other cultures. This difference might not have been of any consequence had it not developed into a culture of imperialism. There is something out of balance with the Judeo-Christian world view. If it is out of balance it is also out of harmony. The first and foremost dislocation in it's world view is the dominance of the male mode of perception. The female energies are suppressed and feminine modes of sentience are denied equal status and expression. The male and female energies have evolved side by side each needing the other for their mutual temporal sustainment and future perpetuation. It is their interaction that brings forth life. They are equal forces. So what happens when one of the energies misperceives and actively behaves in non harmonious ways with the other half of reality. You have the current world predicament. The Lord Yahweh says unto Adam and Eve go out and subdue the Earth and bring it creatures underfoot and remember it is the woman's fault that I have chased you out of paradise. With the advance of Christianity came the demise of those cultures who did live in harmony with each other and the Earth. The cultures that the Judeo-Christian culture complex has just about totally wiped out in it's imperialistic quest are those which have observed the harmony of a 13 moon calendar and which have respected and acknowledged the equality of the feminine energies. This observance is about being in tune with nature. The western world is way out of tune and it shows. Regarding telepathy. There is a story in the Bible which speaks of the tower of Babel. http://www.countrylife.org/gen11.htm . It states that at one time we all spoke the same language. It is my speculation and that of others that telepathy was once our birthright and we somehow have lost that ability. The whole ESP channeling mediumship, psychic and
Re: [CTRL] Author Terrorized
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- .. From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: Conspiracy Shopping Cart: http://a-albionic.com/shopping.html From: Max565 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Author Terrorized Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 12:00 AM Hoffman's next book, Murdergate! -- exposing the murder rampage that Federal authorities have been perpetrating under the nose of a nation -- is sure to keep his name high on the Government's hit list. As the following communication from David Hoffman reveals, his new book isn't even out yet and the threats and acts of aggression are rolling in. When we consider that a TWA Flight 800 researcher disappeared shortly after a radio interview and apparent evidentiary breakthrough, such terrorism shouldn't be taken lightly There are a number of Professionals who specialize in protecting and documentation of these kinds of activities. I can help or provide names of others who can. Please contact me at: Dan Larsen Evidence, Inc. (Serving all of NE and IA since 1988) PO Box 873 Council Bluffs, IA 51502-0873 Phone: 712-328-0358 Fax:712-328-1063 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IA Lic. # 00614 -- NE Lic. #1107 Shop for Cars On-Line: http://a-albionic.com/ads/srch.html Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: *** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research (POB 20273, Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. Quarterly journal, book sales, rare/out-of-print searches, New Paradigms Discussion List, Weekly Up-date Lists E-text Archive of research, intelligence, catalogs, resources. To Discuss Ideas: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msen.com/~lloyd/ For Ordering Info Free Catalog: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://a-albionic.com/formaddress.html For Discussion List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] text in body: subscribe prj [EMAIL PROTECTED] **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Explore Our Archive: http://a-albionic.com/a-albionic.html Every Diet Has Failed! What Can I do? Click Below to "Ask Dr. Kathleen"! http://www.radiantdiet.com/cgi-bin/slim/deliver.cgi?ask-1364 *** A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Sauder Claims Strieber Thinks He's too Conspiratorial
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- --- Forwarded message follows --- Date sent: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 05:30:09 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Webmeister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [M-TRAC - MSAA] Sauder Claims Strieber Thinks He's too Conspiratorial To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Too "Conspiratorial" for Strieber! Shunned by "Dreamland" By Richard Sauder [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sauderzone.com (© 2000. This article copyrighted by Richard Sauder. Permission hereby granted to distribute widely and freely, so long as the article is reprinted in its entirety, without any modification whatever.) 3-5-00 In a stunning turnabout, my latest book "Kundalini Tales" has been rejected for discussion on Whitley Strieber's prime-time "Dreamland" radio show. The spine tingling reason? It's too "conspiratorial"!! Strieber's scheduler (his wife Anne) delivered the shocking news to me this past week: "It's just not for us, it's not for 'Dreamland'... it's too, it's just too conspiratorial for us." Mind you, we are talking about a radio show here that is completely awash in conspiracy! We are talking about a radio host who owes a large part of his career to peddling conspiracy, specifically UFO conspiracy and cover-up. We are talking about a radio host and author who is all but joined at the hip professionally with the late night radio "King of Conspiracy ". We won't directly mention the other host here -- let's just say if I mentioned his name that it would ring a bell. And yet my work is "too conspiratorial" for Whitley Strieber's radio show. Go figure. This is all the more extraordinary, because Whitley Strieber himself wrote the cover blurb for "Kundalini Tales! Quoting Strieber directly from the cover of the book he now refuses to discuss on the air: "'Kundalini Tales' is a profound and fascinating journey into the deep of the mind, the soul and the hidden realities that have formed our world. Richard Sauder has a way of getting under the skin, of adventuring into places that most of us hardly notice and would never dare go. Thus this is a compelling journey, must reading for anyone who wants to explore the secrets behind and beneath human life and the human world." Ahem. Curiouser and curiouser. Rejected from Whitley Strieber's radio show for writing a book that is "too conspiratorial"? This from a man who wrote an entire novel dealing with the decades-long Pentagon cover-up and conspiracy of silence and disinformation surrounding the events at Roswell, New Mexico in 1947? "Too conspiratorial" for the man who, check it out, personally wrote wonderful cover blurbs for both of my first two books?! "Too conspiratorial" for the prime-time radio show that has become an American cultural icon over the past decade for drenching the airwaves with, you guessed it, conspiracy!! (And I like Whitley Strieber! He's been nice to me in the past, so this turn of events completely flummoxes me.) But I smell a conspiracy here. I really do. I suspect the real reason that "Kundalini Tales" has been deemed "too conspiratorial" for Strieber's taste (as well as the taste of my most recent, anonymous reviewer at amazon.com who just shredded me and my book up one side and down the other, making me wonder about what "company" ties the anonymous "reviewer" may have) is that I directly address some sacred cows: 1) I provide hard, documented evidence of the direct involvement of ex-Nazis at the very highest levels of NASA. 2) I provide documented evidence of the direct ties between military intelligence personnel, the Army Intelligence agency, and the Monroe Institute, a New Age sacred cow for many people. 3) I provide documented evidence of the sort of electronic mind control technologies that are now available -- like a patent that permits the direct, electronic transmission of voices into the human auditory cortex via pulsed microwaves. 4) I talk about the kundalini-- the natural, cosmic, supremely powerful spiritual power that is in all human beings. 5) And I talk about the out-of-body phenomenon. Of course, these are very similar to many topics that have been discussed for years on "Dreamland". So why is "Kundalini Tales" all of a sudden "too conspiratorial" to talk about? I think it's obvious: I bring in the United States military intelligence connection. I provide hard evidence of the patents that have been granted, on the open, public literature, that have potential nuts-and-bolts mind control applications. I broach the topic of highly secretive, covert mind control programs run by United States intelligence agencies. I talk about the documented, years-long connection between Robert Monroe, the Monroe Institute and United States military intelligence. I briefly allude to the possibility of using mind control technologies to influence human spirituality. And don't forget those ex-Nazis
[CTRL] IRS: A Devotional
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- The IRS is my shepherd; I am its sheep It fleeceth me to pay with my greenbacks; It leadeth me into depression; It disturbeth my peace and taketh me in the paths of poverty. Yea, though I walk through the valley of want and debt, I fear its evil - its power to compute and ot tax. It further prepareth a reduction in my salary in the presence of my employer; And anointest my income with greater losses; My debts runneth over. Surely, the IRS shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in great need forever. AER ~~~ Integrity has no need of rules. -Albert Camus (1913-1960) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your common sense." --Buddha + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Universal Declaration of Human Rights + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." Ernest Hemingway + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] The Right ?
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- www.wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America : Elections The Christian right and the Republican Party: the dirty secret of American politics By Patrick Martin 6 March 2000 Back to screen version The political crisis within the Republican Party has reached an extraordinary level of intensity with the speech given by Senator John McCain February 28 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. McCain's indictment of Texas Governor George W. Bush as a prisoner of right-wing bigots was more than a campaign broadside. He put his finger on the dirty secret of modern American politicsthe pervasive influence of extreme-right, racist and fascistic elements in the Republican Party. Traveling to the city which is the headquarters of the Christian Broadcasting Network and the other business and media ventures of Pat Robertson, McCain denounced Robertson and Reverend Jerry Falwell, founder of the Moral Majority, declaring that the two right-wing fundamentalist preachers were agents of intolerance. McCain labeled Bush a Pat Robertson Republican whose subservience to the ultra-right would alienate voters and produce a Republican defeat in November. It is easy to point to the hypocrisy in McCain's attack on the extreme right. Contradictions abound, as McCain blasted Robertson and Falwell while standing side by side with the equally right-wing fundamentalist Gary Bauer, who abandoned his own presidential campaign last month and threw his support to the Arizona senator. McCain proclaimed the Republican Party the party of Abraham Lincoln, not Bob Jones, after having refused to condemn the flying of the Confederate flag over the state capitol in South Carolina during the recent primary campaign there. Barely 24 hours after issuing his denunciation McCain began to retreat, after he was attacked by erstwhile supporters such as Bauer and former Secretary of Education William Bennett. McCain apologized for a later comment to the press in which he sarcastically referred to Robertson and Falwell as the forces of evil. But in an appearance Thursday night in a debate with Bush and Alan Keyes sponsored by CNN and the Los Angeles Times, McCain amplified his criticism, saying that unlike Falwell, he didn't consider President Clinton a murderer, and unlike Robertson, he rejected cockamamie theories about the freemasons. McCain's speech may have little effect on the course of the primary campaignBush swept primaries in Virginia and Washington and the North Dakota caucuses February 29, and was leading in polls in advance of the March 7 votes in California, New York, Ohio and Georgia. Nonetheless, his attack on the Christian right and the ferocious response from the Republican establishment reveal political fissures within the ruling elite which have far more significance than who wins the Republican presidential nomination. The origins of the conflict Like all political developments in contemporary Americawhere the media and official circles systematically exclude any open discussion of class issuesthe Republican Party crisis is a distorted expression of more fundamental social processes. The current conflict has been building up for years, since the unholy alliance of Wall Street and the Christian right was cemented in the early 1980s. Corporate America sought a base of support for the anti-working- class policies spearheaded by Ronald Reagan, under conditions where both big business parties, Democrats as well as Republicans, were shifting sharply to the right. Both parties embraced, to varying degrees, an agenda of eliminating all restrictions on the pursuit of profitwhether in the form of government regulations, taxation, or union contracts. This policy, accompanied by corporate downsizing and the wave of union-busting triggered by Reagan's smashing of the PATCO air traffic controllers' strike, had a shattering effect on the working class, especially the lower-paid and minority workers who traditionally supported the Democratic Party. Equally significantly, it accelerated a marked decline in the social position of the middle class layerssmall businessmen, family farmers, independent professionalswho once provided a substantial proportion of the electoral base of the Republican Party. In the course of the 1980s and 1990s, the social base of the Republican Party has narrowed and it has been steadily transformed from the party of the corporate establishment into a party which far more resembles the extreme- right, anti-immigrant and chauvinist parties which have arisen in many European countries. In state after state, Christian fundamentalist groups have taken control of the party organization or exercise effective veto power over the selection of candidates for statewide and even national office. Every presidential election campaign in the past decade has featured a parade of presidential hopefuls at the national convention of the Christian Coalition,
[CTRL] Bill Richer emails
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- I don't mean this to sound the way it's going to sound -- but I have an incredible amount of times when my provider (Cincinnati Bell) get "stuck" on an incoming e-mail from a CTRL email. Everytime I've been able to isolate it by going into mailstart.com and delete the apparant offender, it has seemed to be an email from Bill Richer that hung up the system. Is anyone else notice this? I'm not trying to throw any darts at Bill Richer --- I just can't figure it out. I might ask Bill Richer, also, if there is anyting about his emails that might be unusual? Anybody that can help on this I would appreciate. Jim Condit Jr. -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kris Millegan Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 10:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Fwd: RE: [CIA-DRUGS] The Smell Just Won't Go Away A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fascism: Deja Vu All Over Again ?
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From http://www.antiwar.com/stromberg/pf/p-s030600.html
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The Old Cause
by Joseph R. Stromberg
Antiwar.com
March 6, 2000
Fascism: Déjà Vu All Over Again
VERBAL WEAPONS OF MASS DEMONIZATION
The partly successful exclusion of Patrick J. Buchanan from American public
life sheds light on a problem which might be called "Buchananization" the
opposite of canonization. Question the general trend of Uncles Imperial New
Order on any point, these days, and there you are, a terrible "fascist." This
is great fun for the Left, the most theyve had since they crusaded alongside
Uncle Joe against the real fascists in the 1940s.
It is true that Limousine Liberals, parlor pinks, and other lefties held
Fascism, The Smear, in reserve through the 1950s and 60s, for special
occasions. This wast a completely happy time for them since the Official
Emergency and Crusade of those years cast communism as the enemy, and as
James Burnham often pointed out fighting the Left never felt as natural to
them as ridding the earth of right-wing bigots and regimes.
EARLIER PHASES OF DEMONIZATION
Still, the liberals and lefties did get a crusade which justified an endless
heaping-up of post-constitutional jurisdictions and power in Washington, very
useful for totally reconstructing American society both during and after the
Great Emergency. They werent entirely unhappy.
In that reasonably happy era, the Official Media presented the political
spectrum as a set of structuralist "binary oppositions" with some terms so
"unmarked" as to be missing. If only Levy-Strauss had been around to help.
First, came the Liberals, kindly sorts who wanted to do good: Mass Transit,
Federal Highways, Federal Aid to Education (but no federal control, of course),
etc. Abroad, they wished to build democracy, contain communism, and give every
downtrodden foreigner a school lunch. Their "cause [was] mankind," as Senator
Hubert Humphrey, a typical spokesman, put it. Then came the Moderates, less
high-minded but still salonfaehig. Their kindness wasnt cosmic, but did earn
them praise in the press, especially insofar as they kept the Republican Party
from "isolationist" sin.
Moving rightward, we skip the absent category of Conservatives and go straight
to Ultra-Conservatives, followed closely by Radical Rightists and other
extremists. Officially, there could be respectable Conservatives, but Liberals
seldom handed out the unadorned C-word, having given the only available ones to
Clinton Rossiter, Herbert Agar, Walter Lippman(!), and Peter Viereck. These
"Conservatives" served to distract attention from the absence, otherwise, of
the whole category. Liberals already saw most rightists as extremists and
incipient storm troopers, who were just hiding their armbands and giving their
funny salutes indoors. For years, Benjamin Epstein and Arnold Forster kept
writing the same book, which lumped everyone to the right of Nelson Rockefeller
in with the KKK and the handful of genuine anti-Semites who could be scraped up
at the time.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO DUPES?
Epstein and Forster didnt set the tone, however. One could still be a "dupe."
Liberals and lefties made fewer claims then for their telepathic skills and
didnt always see straight into their opponents hearts to the (expected)
fascist/Nazi core. They did a lot of mind-reading on Barry Goldwater in 1964,
but that was a genuine emergency for them. Generally, they could let rank-and-
file rightists off as dupes red-necked victims of the airborne propaganda of
H.L. Hunt, the Reverend Carl MacIntire, and Dan Smoot. Ultras were the sort of
folk, then, who only complained about things because they were undereducated,
status-anxious lower middles, easily led around by right-wing dog-food
millionaires who were "using" them to prevent repeal of the Dog Food Depletion
Allowance or something like that. Give any one of them a bureaucratic berth or
membership in an AFL-CIO union, and he (or she!) would soon settle down to
greet the radiant future with full social-democratic enthusiasm.
THE HIGHER DEMONIZATION
So much for the mainstream medias socially constructed political spectrum.
There was, however, a higher, academic take on right-wing dissent. The heavy
lifting here was done by sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset, the immigrant
Marxist party animal Theodore Adorno, end-of-ideology sociologist Daniel Bell,
the tame "conservative" Peter Viereck, and historian Richard Hoftstadter, whose
treatment of Charles Beard I noted in a previous column.
Hofstadter called Birchers and Goldwaterites "pseudo-conservatives," by which
he meant that good Conservatives were okay, if there were any. A good
Conservative was someone like Viereck, so decent that he wanted to conserve the
New Deal while fighting Joe McCarthy and those overseas communists, too. A
decent Conservative, in short, supported big government, Cold War liberalism,
and the American
[CTRL] Portrait of a Tyrant ?
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"
/A -Cui Bono?-
From The NewStatesman
http://www.newstatesman.co.uk/23060052.htm
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Milosevic: portrait of a tyrant
Dusko Doder and Louise Branson The Free Press, 304pp, £17.99
ISBN 0684843080
Whenever I read denunciations of Slobodan Milosevic, I am forcibly reminded of
the story of Sheikh Haji Mohamed bin Abdullah Hassan, known in British imperial
history as "the mad mullah of Somaliland". First raising the standard of revolt
in 1899, at a time when the British were using the machine-gun to slaughter
untold numbers of Africans in different parts of the continent, the mullah
embarked on an Islamic crusade that kept the British at bay for more than two
decades. He was finally defeated in 1920 by the new imperial weapon of the 20th
century: bombing from the air. But there was nothing "mad" about Sheikh Haji
Mohamed. He was simply an anti-imperial warrior - one among many - who was so
demonised by the British that it became easy to justify the severe punishment
he eventually received.
In January 1920, while the mullah stood in the courtyard of his house in the
Somali town of Medishe, the British pilot of a lone de Havilland two-seater
bomber broke through the clouds and dropped eight 20-pound bombs. The pilot
then photographed and machine-gunned the target he had been given: the mullah's
courtyard. Out of a small group standing beside the Somali leader - his sister,
his uncle and ten riflemen - only the mullah himself survived the attack, with
his white jubbah and green turban much singed; 20 other people were killed in
the bombing of the town, and 20 were wounded.
The mullah took refuge in a bomb-proof cave 15 miles out of town, where he
later died. Sir Geoffrey Archer, the governor of Somaliland, recalled in later
life that, while "surprise attacks without warning" might seem bloodthirsty,
"it must be remembered that the mullah himself was an inhuman creature, a mad
dog, to be exterminated by any means possible".
Those were more colourful times. Today, when journalists and politicians seek
to demonise the leaders of faraway countries, they soon run out of suitable
nouns and adjectives. General Pinochet is usually referred to as "a dictator",
while in a new biography of Milosevic, written by two journalists, the Serb
leader is described as "a tyrant". Dictator is a Latin word whose accepted
definition is rather mild, with hardly a hint of opprobrium; it simply means
"an absolute ruler", someone who might so act "in seasons of emergency".
Tyrant, on the other hand, a word of Greek origin, makes the absolute ruler
sound additionally grim: a tyrant seizes power "without legal right" and
exercises it "in an oppressive, unjust or cruel manner". In the demonising
stakes, Milosevic comes off worse than Pinochet.
No one describes Milosevic as a "mad dog", though some get quite close. Warren
Zimmerman, the former US ambassador in Belgrade, calls him "one of the world's
archcriminals", while the veteran US journalist Georgie Anne Geyer perceives
him as an "evil croupier" playing games. Others have referred to him as "the
butcher of the Balkans" or "Europe's new Hitler". The writer of the blurb for
the new Milosevic biography moves into fresh territory by demonising the
country as well as its leader.
Dusko Doder and Louise Branson, two old Balkan hands, make little effort to dig
beneath the familiar cliches. They perceive Milosevic as "a hated dictator",
"the Saddam Hussein of Europe", and his wife, Mira, appears in her usual
supporting role as "Lady Macbeth". Chapter headings have such titillating
titles as "Faustian bargain" and "The end of the caravan of dreams", and the
writing is never less than breathless. In short, this is a book that does not
go beyond the headlines of a tabloid newspaper or the tittle-tattle of the
diplomatic circuit, so no reasonably assiduous newspaper-reader will gain much
from reading it.
Maybe a biography of Milosevic is not what we need. His life story as told here
is singularly banal, and the gossipy details are largely irrelevant to an
understanding of what has been going on. Publishers clearly believe that
readers cannot take stronger medicine; yet, as we skim the latest reports, it
becomes clear that the biographical approach contributes little to our
understanding of the continuing Balkan tragedy. What becomes obvious from the
portraits of other Serbian politicians that crowd these pages is that
Milosevic's personal contribution to the development of the history of his
country has probably been quite small. If ever someone personified the
collective view of the Serbian political elite, sustained in their actions by
the great mass of the people, Milosevic is that man, and it is this that
provides the source of his power.
What the west needs to understand, and should have learnt from imperial history
long ago, is that other societies and cultures have different interests and
priorities, which they are sometimes
Re: [CTRL] Takes some rain to make a bush grow ...
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Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: Meager U.S. Response to Africa Floods]
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- In a message dated 03/02/2000 9:32:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The official U.S. response has been meager: 140 tents, 6,900 blankets, 6,000 water cans and 160 rolls of plastic. Not much more than a small truck load. It certainly doesn't address the deep needs for medicine, health providers and repairing the roads, wells, water systems and public buildings that have been washed away. Few newspapers have given much coverage to this tragedy, although the flooding has been going on for three weeks as of this writing. Many climatologists believe that the warming trend in the climate, often called "global warming," is responsible for the increasing volatility of the weather. There is more energy in the atmosphere, which means more wind, more rain and more drought. Africa doesn't get a lot of concern from the "official" US Government circles. It will get worse if Bush gets into the White House. I was listening to C-SPAN a couple of weeks ago, and was astonished to hear a woman leader of one of the very conservative groups refer to Mr. Bush, Mr. McCain and Alan Keyes.I haven't lived in the South for years; I didn't know they were still playing the "mister" game down there, but they are. The Conservatives really want the South to be aware that they support their views. Sending a lot of help to a black nation would not impress the South at all. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] HSIA CONVICTED AS CHINAGATE RE-ERUPTS
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Re: [CTRL] d|i|s|i|n|f|o|r|m|a|t|i|o|n - Scientific Racism
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- In a message dated 03/02/2000 10:30:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are many who believe that Crack cocaine was designed to overwhelm those who used it, then pumped into the inner-cities to further depress the minority populations, not only in the US, but in other Western countries as well. Since one of the earliest and biggest of the Crack-Kingpins in LA, California was being supplied outright by CIA-connected Contra Cocaine dealers, is this so very difficult to believe? Drugs have been used by Western countries for years to subjugate other races. Look no further than China's 'Opium Wars' for a glaring example of this Yeah, but it takes cooperation. Why would people want to make it easier for the Government to use them like cleaning rags? They do. A large portion of our population that should be voting are in jail and convicted for felonies. They will never be able to vote. And, they are just the people whose votes would not be welcomed by the status quo. Don't like the Government? Then by all means, find something to smoke, shoot or snort that will eventually take away every weapon you have against that Government. Place you civil rights in jeopardy. It boggles the mind. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] The Smell Just Won't Go Away
From: "Linda Minor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only thing I have to add is that at the time Foster's body was found, Hillary was in Arkansas, and Bill was on the Larry King show on CNN. The records show that calls were being made to Hillary, who was then calling her friend/attorney in New York, Susan Thomases. Thomases was a partner at the same law firm which represented ADL attorney Kenneth Bialkin (now a Citigroup director), who was involved in money-laundering for Iran Contra, along with another colleague of the firm, Willard Zucker--"an American tax lawyer living in Geneva." Thomases has since left Willkie, Farr--to open an office a few blocks from the White House. Why was Hillary calling her that night, and why did Thomases appear at the White House so quickly? As a partner in this law firm, what kind of work was she engaged in? http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/chap_08.htm ...Zucker had provided Hakim with financial services since the mid-1970's, when Hakim still lived in Iran. Swiss fiduciaires combine functions that Americans associate with money managers, bankers and lawyers. The services CSF provided to the Enterprise included inter-bank and inter-account transfers, cash disbursements to individuals, expense payments, investments, currency deals, the establishment of financial accounts and shell corporations, and bookkeeping. Secord and Hakim decided very early -- by mid-1985 at the latest -- to conceal the sources of their income through a variety of schemes. One of their purposes was to avoid the payment of income taxes. In addition to the protection afforded by Switzerland's strict bank-secrecy laws, Zucker at the direction of Secord and Hakim erected a maze of dummy corporations and bank accounts to conceal the true sources and recipients of funds http://biz.yahoo.com/t/c/c_98797.html (insider trade--Bialkin bought shares in Citigroup) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, March 05, 2000 8:14 PM Subject: [CIA-DRUGS] The Smell Just Won't Go Away On July 11, Foster goes to the estate of the son of Benjamin Cardozo (the late Supreme Court Justice), on the Maryland Eastern Shore, and meets with Webb Hubbell and Hillary Rodham Clinton. He is read the riot act, and cancels his planned trip to Geneva the next week. On July 19, Wm. Sessions is fired as FBI Dir. On July 20, Vince Foster's body is found in Ft. Marcy Park. On July 21, Louis Freeh is named the new FBI Dir. The night of July 20, guess who was in Foster's office, rummaging through his files? Give up? It was Nussbaum, Patsy Thomasson (Dan Lasater's "Girl Friday", who had been promoted to "Director of Administration" at the Clinton White House), and Maggie Williams (the First Lady's personal secretary). GET A NEXTCARD VISA, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as 2.9% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW! http://click.egroups.com/1/936/2/_/475667/_/952317103/
[CTRL] Fwd: France
STRATFOR.COM's Weekly Global Intelligence Update - 6 March 2000 Today's Global Intelligence Update is a special report on an important world issue. If you would like to see the full text, please visit http://www.stratfor.com/SERVICES/giu2000/030600.ASP __ By The Internet's Most Intelligent Source of International News Analysis http://www.stratfor.com/ __ Know the every move of your competitors - even before they do. Stratfor Intelligence Services http://www.stratfor.com/services/ __ STRATFOR.COM Weekly Global Intelligence Update 6 March 2000 Why It's Not A New Cold War: Secondary Powers and the New Geopolitics Summary On the face of it, the fraying of relations between the United States and governments in China and Russia - over the war in Kosovo last year, the war in Chechnya and foreign policy at large - has suggested a return to the Cold War. Certainly, as we have argued, we are in a period of rising tension between the United States, Russia and China. Yet while tensions are rising, the period ahead is fundamentally different from the Cold War era. The Cold War limited room for maneuver among secondary powers. The new epoch will facilitate them. The case of France is instructive in this regard. Analysis The global geopolitical system appears to be dealing out a three- player game between the United States, China and Russia. Moscow's continued overtures to Beijing, which now appear to be gathering steam, are an excellent example. Superficially, this appears to resemble the makings of a new Cold War. There are, however, fundamental differences. First, Russia in 2000 is enormously weaker than the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It has contracted geographically. During the Cold War, Soviet forces were stationed in Germany, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Today, Russia does not even occupy Ukraine. Whatever the orientation of its foreign policy, Moscow must first regain what it has lost - and that will take a generation. The Cold War was a game played at the extremes of power. There was little space for maneuver among great powers and most others were locked into one, or the other, of the alliance systems. Those that weren't - but were of strategic value, like Yugoslavia - were locked into constrained neutrality. Some, like Egypt, could change sides but could not stand free of entanglement. The Third World thought of itself as representing a neutral alternative. But in reality, any nation of strategic interest to the superpowers found itself locked in, formally or informally. But the current global geopolitical situation is fundamentally different. The overwhelming power of the United States allows it to impose its will where it wishes; conversely, the United States is powerful enough to be relatively indifferent to most issues. Washington has no interest in imposing its wishes lock-step upon its allies. Russia, now beginning the search for allies, cannot underwrite the sort of military assistance programs that were key to building ties with countries like Syria and Vietnam during the Cold War. China, frequently mentioned as a peer competitor, is in fact, a country isolated by geography - and a distinct lack of naval power. Beijing's power projection does not measure up to its bombast. As a result, there is more room for maneuver today for the world's secondary powers: France, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and others. New possibilities arise. Secondary powers may in fact become great powers over time, as more opportunity and incentive arises for converting economic power into political power. The fundamental reality is that the vague situation among the great powers creates incentive for secondary powers to protect interests and seize opportunities. The net result will be a three-player game, with a lot of other players jostling elbows. This will make for a more interesting game, but a less stable world. Consider France. France is interesting for three reasons. First, until its defeat by Germany in 1940, France was a great power in its own right, with a global empire. Second, during the Cold War, it was by far the most restive of American allies and sought consistently and intensely to create the kind of room for maneuver for itself that it now actually has. Third, having achieved the room for maneuver it wanted, France, like the other countries in its class, is not quite sure what to do with that power. No two powers are alike, but there is much to learn from the French example - and the dilemma. Although it emerged on the winning side, France was a major loser in World War II. Exhausted by occupation and liberation, its self- confidence shattered, the global empire it had taken centuries to build soon slipped out of its hands. Britain and France occupied similar positions, yet responded in very different ways. Britain accepted its position as a subordinate
[CTRL] Fwd: My Resignation from the GOP
My letter of resignation to the chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party is online at: http://www.1776web.net/editorials/resignGOP.htm. As always, I welcome your comments. Jim Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.1776web.net "..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.." --Samuel Adams
[CTRL] OEN 3/6/00
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ Click : A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/"The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe/A - Oil Market Here Comes the Oil God wants America to have cheap energy, dammit. Both the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank are scheduled to meet this month. But the gathering that will probably have most influence on global growth and inflation this year is that of the heads of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna, exactly three weeks from now. The oil producers are widely expected to agree to a significant production increase. The oil price, after all, has virtually tripled to a nine-year high in the past 12 months, with West Texas Intermediate selling for more than $30 a barrel and Brent Crude at about $28. Opec's successful production curbs (imposed in early 1999 and due to expire at the end of this month), combined with a cold snap on the US east coast this year, have driven stocks to a 20-year low, according to the International Energy Agency. The current imbalance between supply and demand, if left unchecked, could damage world economic growth while fuelling inflation. This is a point Bill Richardson, US energy secretary, has made during his latest flurry of shuttle diplomacy around the Gulf. Most oil exporters, foremost among them Saudi Arabia, agree. But how big a hike in output is needed? According to Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, chairman of the Centre for Global Energy Studies and a former Saudi oil minister, a production increase of 5 per cent, or 1.7m barrels a day, is needed to restore prices to about $20 a barrel. He believes that would be acceptable to the Saudis, though some of Opec's more hawkish members would rather see prices remain at current levels. But even if the Saudis get their way, it may not be enough. Merrill Lynch's oil team, led by Michael Rothman, calculates that inventories are being depleted by 2.9m barrels a day. An extra 1.7m barrels, even assuming 70 per cent compliance - which is to say that some countries actually produce even more than their newly increased quotas - would only temporarily reduce pressure on the oil price. As we head i nto winter, inventories will fall again, increasing pressure for Opec to raise output once more, perhaps by a further 1.5m barrels a day. At that point, according to Mr Rothman, all but three Opec countries - Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Nigeria - will be bumping up against their production limits. In other words, there is a real chance of a capacity squeeze. As a result, Merrill last week raised its year 2000 oil price forecast to an average of $24 a barrel, significantly higher than Wall Street's $21.25 consensus, and cautioned about possible price spikes much higher than that. This has ramifications for economic growth. In the aftermath of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, oil prices jumped to $41 a barrel. While that spike lasted just five months, it was enough to induce a global recession, albeit a shallower one than those that followed the oil shocks of 1973-75 and 1980-82. Nobody is suggesting a recession this time. For one thing, developed economies are now overwhelmingly service-based and therefore much less dependent on oil. The economic output per barrel of oil among the OECD countries has basically doubled since 1973. In the US, for example, energy now represents 3 per cent of gross domestic product, against 9 per cent in the 1970s. Similarly, the link between oil and commodity prices and inflation has broken down during the past decade. The old rule of thumb that a 10 per cent rise in commodity prices would trigger a 1 per cent increase in inflation has not worked well since 1990. Nevertheless, the rise in oil prices is already lifting headline consumer price inflation off last year's rock-bottom levels - particularly in the US. Lombard Street Research of the UK said recent increases in petrol and heating oil could add 0.5 per cent to overall US consumer prices, pushing headline inflation to more than 3 per cent in February and March. The Centre for Global Energy Studies forecasts that a sustained price of $30 a barrel or more would cut 0.8 per cent off US GDP growth, which is expected to be about 4 per cent this year. The developing world, which still relies much more on energy-intensive manufacturing, would be harder hit. With most of today's economic forecasts expecting a steady decline in oil prices during 2000, the prospect of an unpleasant oil shock is increasing. The Financial Times, March 6, 2000 - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and
[CTRL] Fwd: RE: [CIA-DRUGS] Alltel: Raw Speculation
From: "Dave" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://herring.com/mag/issue09/review.html 1993 The health care information systems MA market was particularly active, spurred at least in part by the Clinton Administration's focus on health care reform. Examples include Alltel/Systematics' acquisition of TDS Healthcare Systems for $60 million, Medaphis' acquisition of CyCare System's Practice Management Division for $24 million, Cerner's acquisition of Megasource for $8 million, and Medic Computer Systems' acquisition of Execu-flow and Elcomp. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/200138/200138-96-14.txt CHITTENDEN CORPORATION (holding company of the largest bank in Vermont) CTC offers data processing services consisting primarily of payroll and automated clearing house for several outside clients. All of CTC's data processing services are performed by Alltel Systematics, a data processing facilities management firm based in Little Rock, Arkansas, and CTC. http://www.thestroudgroup.com/ The Stroud Group Consulting (Echo Point, Little Rock, Arkansas)is a technical consulting company focused on providing quality information technology services to financial institutions and software development shops. We specialize in bank acquisition conversions and project management. Our principal consulting partners have 30+ years experience with Systematics software distributed by Alltel. http://www.alltel.com/info/history/index.html A TIMELINE OF ALLTEL HISTORY 1954 Allied Telephone incorporated 1960 Mid-Continent Telephone founded 1983 Allied and Mid-Continent merge to form ALLTEL 1985 ALLTEL launches its first wireless system 1990 Systematics (ALLTEL Information Services) acquired 1991 ALLTEL offers information technology to communications industry 1992 ALLTEL enters mortgage processing industry with purchase of Computer Power, Inc. 1993 ALLTEL opens its first wireless retail store Purchase of GTE's independent telephone directory publishing contracts Acquisition of GTE's Georgia telephone properties 1994 ALLTEL named to SP 500 Index 1996 ALLTEL offers long-distance service Virtuoso II customer care and billing system introduced to market ALLTEL announces plans to become full-service provider in Little Rock, Ark., and Charlotte, N.C. 1997 Company signs a seven-year agreement with Colonial State Bank, one of Australia's largest banks, to create and operate a comprehensive information and telecommunications system. ALLTEL purchases PCS licenses for 73 markets in 12 states ALLTEL's wireless and wireline businesses converge into a single organization capable of delivering a full suite of communications products to customers. 1998 Merged with 360° Communications. Dave Hartley http://www.asheville-computer.com/dave -Original Message- From: Catherine Austin Fitts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 9:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [CIA-DRUGS] Alltel: Raw Speculation From: "Catherine Austin Fitts" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linda: You are the greatest Carolyn had reminded me of that at one point and I completely forgot. Cat--this merger and offering need to be in the chronology. Thanks. Hey, Odom...was it you who said someone tried to persuade you that Alltel did not buy Systematics...do you remember when that was? Catherine -Original Message- From: Linda Minor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 8:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CIA-DRUGS] Alltel: Raw Speculation From: "Linda Minor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's intriguing to me that the underwriters for the offering that merged Alltel and Systematics consisted of Stephens, Inc. (Clintons' bankers) and Merrill, Lynch (Barbara Bush's brother's firm). http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/65873/065873-94-09.txt Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Little Rock, State of Arkansas, on the 25th of March, 1994. ALLTEL CORPORATION By /s/ MAX E. BOBBITT (Max E. Bobbitt, President) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Signature TitleDate *JOE T. FORD Chief Executive Officer and Director (Joe T. Ford) (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ MAX E. BOBBITTPresident and Director(Max E.
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] Alltel: Raw Speculation
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Catherine, Billary the Bushes do have many similar ties, as evidenced in areas such as Mena -- and your speculation on this Alltel thing is to be commended. Great thinking! Alltel - even the name says a lot - WOULD be the PERFECT place for Promis software to be used. It would also explain how they plan to control everything else...and by "they" I mean the Committee of 300, or whatever some prefer to call them. This NWO thing is very real to me... Now I'm going to throw a few wild thoughts out here -- You've got Reno at DOJ pursuing ridiculous "crimes" while ignoring the TRUE crimes, and working feverishly to cover Billary's butts... and to assist them with their plans through enforcement or non-enforcement. You've got Freeh at the FBI to make it look like he's going after the big guys (and he may think he really is), but in essence (just my opinion) he is merely going after the ones who won't play Billary's games by their rules -- or ones they want OUT of the game altogether, and probably as dictated by his higher-ups. I still don't believe anyone will go after the top guys because that would start an all out international war -- but they will take out some of the soldiers. We won't even get into the CIA right now.. but they're in place, too. They've set their buddies up in DOD, NSA, and the companies which provide the military with supplies. You've got Alltel in place to control all the communications in this country and others, as well as the DOD, NSA, CIA, etc... and Echelon... so all the bases are covered, are they not? That would leave NO way out...for us, the people, that is. They would have full complete control of every aspect of our lives. The person who told me in 1979 that Bill Clinton was going to President of the United States is the same person who told me that George Bush, Jr. was also going to be president one day. Of course I laughed at those remarks at the time -- but I'm not laughing anymore. That person had major ties to "crime families" across the nation. He resided in Florida, but is now deceased, or I'd go get more info from him on all of this. At the time he was managing setting up motels hotels for "family members" in the Lakeland, Winter Haven, Daytona Orlando areas... my bet is that it was part of a money laundering scheme, but I won't get into the details of that now. The construction was massive, and get this --- the company doing the work on a lot of the buildings brought in crews of people from Little Rock, Arkansas. I'll never forget it because it was the first time I'd ever met anyone from that area. I only wish I could remember which buildings were involved, or the company names... but it has been so long now that I don't. However, considering that everything this guy told me when we were in Lakeland has come about -- and everything else that he informed me of which was unrelated to the political side has also been realized, I still have to believe that they will stop at nothing to get Bush in the White House. It all fits, when you consider his father's history, as well as his own. This is another reason I am convinced that they are all somehow in this together, despite the mini-wars they have between them. Greed will do many things to people, as will fear, and the desire for control. The power is where the money is, and they are all after it. It is a war amongst criminals -- in the government and outside of it. Plain and simple. Whoever has the most money, wins. The government is no better than the crime families are, they just have the law to hide behind and use as power plays whenever they feel threatened, or when they want to make a "public" statement. Such as with the Hitz report and the impeachment... Now you have me wondering if they aren't using YOUR program to filter even more $$ into their own pockets through HUD as well as other places... But without a doubt in my mind, THAT is why you had to go... you were going to cut into their action BIG TIME, and they couldn't allow that, so they had to get rid of you, and then put your program to use for their illicit activities. ...and maybe, just maybe, the reason that there was a "problem" with Hamilton's computer program developed by ATT - Lucent --- was because someone's dirty little hands PURPOSEFULLY caused the error in the program. Considering that Alltel is in the communications business as is ATT - Lucent -- is it possible in that there was a connection between those companies, or the persons doing the work for Hamilton at that time that we are unaware of right now?It would fit right in with what you have said happened back then... and with what is transpiring today. Just my first thoughts -- but I'm done rambling for now... I've got to stop drinking coffee in the mornings! smile - Tanina Subj: [CIA-DRUGS] Alltel: Raw Speculation Date: 03/05/2000 6:39:51 PM Eastern Standard Time
Re: [CTRL] Bill Richer emails
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- there is nothing different about my emails. Bill A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] Why CIA Drugs is So Important
From: "Catherine Austin Fitts" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whoever is financing the Chinese and Russians in ways that lead to war are also financing the application of Promis into all the financial servicesthis is one swarm...albeit lots of factions at the SVP and Vice President levels in the swarm. One of most rational moves for the types pushing for one world government is to have the Chinese go aggressive...in Sudan...in Tibet...and eventually with the US. The Chinese currently have a much higher learning speed as a culture than we do. That is why the big bets with our pension fund money in Asia and China. That is why Carlyle is buying at 10-50 cents on the dollar as we speak. Remember, locking the world into fossil fuels in the sixtes, locked China into a horrible prison. It has ruined a lot of environment, but we at least stayed warm while we stole and borrowed to pay for the oil. China was the first to finance a serious cold fushion application that I know ofso imagine what the boys who killed Kennedy did to themforty years of shivering is serious. The trading routes behind the cocaine and opium trades define the organization and networks that they deal through. If we can understand the drug trade from the China Opium trade through today, we will be able to see the patterns and this will ultimately lead to a mapping of who are the drivers and what there intention is...but we have to look at the drug business as simply the spice that fuels the death starand we need to use that knowledge to map out its machinery and its navigational systems and its plans... And where the flaw on the death star is.. We can't afford to wait until we can document for 60 minutes 'cause we and our families may be dead. Which is why we are going to find out what Hillary and little Andy are up to over at HUD and in the mortgage banking market with Altel and money laundering.and how the money flows from Mena and mixes with the money flowing from HUD...like blood through a body. Cut off the death star's money, and Midianite warfare will break out on its bridge -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 12:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] s Subj:[our-constitution] Re: Documented: China Plans Nuclear War on U.S. Date: 3/6/00 7:19:51 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cliff Hume) Reply-to: A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"our-constitution@egr oups.com/A To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the strategy laid out for all to see and to read, the people who would "rather be Red than dead", will now, as Henry Kissinger - CFR, Trilateral Commission, Bilderberg - suggested so many years ago, "surrender and take the best deal possible under the circumstance." Henry has been working for a communist style world government under the Non Governmental Organization known as the United Nations, ever since Carnegie and Rockefeller founded and funded that organization in 1945. To paraphrase that famous Chinese War Lord, Sun Tzu; "Supreme excellence in warfare is to convince your enemy that the war is over before it even begins." With what is happening right now, it should not be very difficult, for those who have already partially awakened, to understand why Bill Clinton, CFR, Skull Bones, Trilateral Commission, Bilderberg, et al, passed over the atomic secrets and the computer technology to his communist friends in China. Nor should it be difficult to understand why the State Department(mostly CFR) and the almost three hundred world-government, subversives in the present administration have been financing and supporting their communist agents in the Soviet Union since about 1914. In the publication, Soviet Land, (C) Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1977, we can learn of many interesting things that are happening in the name of SOCIALISM, since the most wealthy US Bankers, and their cohorts in Germany, each sent twenty million dollars in gold, with Trotsky from New York and Lenin from Germany, to overthrow the christian tzar. One other thing that may be of interest to the common folk from this socialist publication is that General Electric, Occidental Petroleum, and as it says on page 32: "And scores of US firms have set up offices in Moscow. The US-USSR Trade and Economic Council has been organized with participation of over 300 US and Soviet firms and trade organizations." For more on the treason that has been taking place all of these years, a helpful study has been done by Professor Charles Levinson in his 328 page book, Vodka Cola. Not only has the controlled media done quite a number on the hundreds of books which would have been readily available in a free society, they have also done a number on the minds of the citizens in their controlled government schools and their cartel ized media. If the Red Chinese are serious about going to war, a citizens
[CTRL] There's no stopping 'Governor Death'
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.sacurrent.com/news_and_views/index.htm There's no stopping 'Governor Death' BY DAVID ATWOOD Odell Barnes Jr. and the late Betty Lou Beets A number of months ago, Minister Robert Muhammad, of the Nation of Islam in Houston, stated that "the path to the White House goes through Huntsville, Texas." At the time he said that, I wasn't sure he was right. Now I believe that Minister Robert may have spoken prophetic words. With the February 24 execution of Betty Lou Beets, 121 executions have been carried out in Texas while George W. Bush has been governor. Bush's support for executions appears to be unparalleled in modern history. One columnist dubbed him "Governor Death." Bush has supported executions no matter what the facts or circumstances might be. It started in earnest, at least as far as media attention was concerned, with the execution of Karla Faye Tucker on February 3, 1998 and hit a new low with the execution of battered, great-grandmother Betty Lou Beets. Meanwhile, there have been scores of executions including mentally-disabled people, juvenile offenders, a disproportionate number of African Americans, citizens of other countries, numerous rehabilitated people, and people with strong claims of innocence. Just about all of these people have been poor. Of course, Bush denies that an innocent person has ever been executed in Texas. However, those of us who are close to the situation would challenge him on that. We know of at least 10 people who have been released from Texas' death row in recent years. We know of others who were executed despite strong claims of innocence. And we know of people on death row at this time who are very likely innocent. One of those persons is Odell Barnes Jr., who was scheduled for execution on March 1. Barnes, 31, was convicted of the 1989 murder of his girlfriend. In 1991, he was sentenced to die by lethal injection. In 1997, a new team of lawyers took his case and uncovered evidence that they said showed Barnes was framed by police investigators. Despite the lawyers' appeals, Texas judicial authorities have refused to reopen the case. Europeans are outraged. Last week, French President Jacques Chirac called former President Bush to plead for Barnes' life and a new trial. In the case of Betty Lou Beets, six national organizations and 31 state coalitions who work to end domestic violence and provide support for battered women asked Governor Bush to grant her a reprieve. According to the Houston Chronicle, the governor's office received more than 2,000 phone calls opposing Beets' execution and about 50 supporting it. Despite this outpouring of support for her, Bush declined to intervene, saying that he was convinced she was guilty. We are sorry to inform the governor that the question wasn't guilt or innocence, but whether she had received a fair trial. Her inept and apparently corrupt lawyer had failed to present evidence of Beets' abused and battered life to the jury during the original trial. Bush's decision to not intervene in Betty's case shows how ridiculous it is for him to portray himself as "compassionate." Instead, his decision shows him to be cruel or not too bright (or both). A number of women who either supported the death penalty or were undecided on the issue have commented that the execution of Betty Lou Beets has caused them to rethink their position on this form of punishment (and I suspect on George W. Bush's qualifications for governor or president). Many people reacted the same way after the execution of born-again Karla Faye Tucker, Canadian Standley Faulder, youthful Glen McGinnis, mentally-ill Larry Robison, and probably innocent David Spence. This rethinking will occur again if Odell Barnes Jr. is executed. And I suspect that this "rethinking" will extend beyond the death penalty to the White House. Does the United States really want someone in the White House who has fully supported the execution of 121 people regardless of circumstances; who has given Texas a reputation as the "death penalty capital of the western world"; who has defended a corrupt and biased criminal justice system; and who has allowed a battered great-grandmother to be executed? -- -- David Atwood is president of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to
Re: [CTRL] OT: Atmospheric oxygen concentration dropping ?
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Sun, 05 Mar 2000, Jim Lambert indicated: snip ...if our bodies adapted to an environment with 150 % of today's atmospheric pressure, and 35% more oxygen, then we would be virtually invulnerable to bacteria, virus, mold, yeast,etc. We would be supermen for real! And, if this were true, then today's atmosphere would mean we have to take drastic steps not to fall prey to our body's natural vulnerabilities to these changes. Jim, Can you explain how the Earth's atmospheric pressure might have once been 150% of its current level ? Is that possible ? Actually most people can adapt well to lower oxygen levels in one generation or less, as when a person moves from sea level to live in a region at 10-12 thousand feet altitude, where the air is relatively thin. Healthy people soon adapt with little problem, by a natural increase in the number of red blood cells. I've never heard that health of human populations decreases as the air becomes rarified, with an increase in altitude. In fact, health may actually increase in thinner air at higher altitudes -- although this is partly due to CO (carbon monoxide) and other pollutants settling down towards sea-level. And, with thinner air, people breathe deeper, which provides a healthy increase in lymphatic circulation. The following point is from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ..it's unlikely the earth's atmosphere was a 35% O2 while we were around. Oxygen is great stuff that is also extremely dangerous in it's effect of lowering the temperature at which substances will combust. Human flesh as it turns out, burns quite nicely at 28% O2 (in the presence of a flame). One lightening strike in a 35% O2 environment could do a LOT of damage. But what if the atmospheric pressure was increased by 150% ? Could this offset the combustibility problem of higher O2 levels, or could this exacerbate the problem ? I still have reservations about accepting the theory that free O2 levels were 35% sometime in the last 50,000+ years -- merely based upon measuring O2 in air pockets in Antarctic ice samples. Assuming Jim's information is correct -- that natural ozone holes cyclically reoccur over Antarctica -- then long term solar and cosmic radiation (that enter more easily through these ozone holes) may have dissociated some water vapor into H2 and O2, inside those air pockets found in the ice. The smaller molecules of H2 could have more easily diffused out of those air pockets, leaving behind a relative excess of O2, thus distorting the recent scientific measurements, and leading to false conclusions... However, this may be a natural, long term buffering process, which resupplies atmospheric free O2 when too much becomes 'bound up' into CO2, NOx, SOx, or whatever gasses are involved in creating those ozone holes. The vast majority of this posited 'radiation- dissociated O2' would not be created hidden inside Antarctic ice cap bubbles. It would be created in the open, and the dissociated H2 would diffuse off into space, leaving behind the O2, to slowly replenish the Earth's atmosphere. Bill . A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Sauder Claims Strieber Thinks He's too Conspiratorial
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Strieber writes fiction. Sauder writes fact. Period. End of story. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Echelon hits the news-Spy agencies listened in on Diana
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- .. From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: Conspiracy Shopping Cart: http://a-albionic.com/shopping.html From: Taylor, John (JH) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'lloyd' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Echelon hits the news-Spy agencies listened in on Diana Date: Monday, February 28, 2000 1:30 AM Echelon hits the news- now we plebs know we are being watched. So roll over and die Sunday Times(London) February 27 2000 BRITAIN © Global eavesdroppers: calls by Diana were intercepted by a worldwide monitoring network said to include Menwith Hill in Yorkshire. The consortium building Tornado fighter planes and Mark Thatcher were also targeted in the operation Spy agencies listened in on Diana Nick Fielding and Duncan Campbell SPY agencies in Britain and America eavesdropped on Diana, Princess of Wales and Mark Thatcher, son of the former prime minister, as part of a global system of monitoring communications, according to former intelligence officials. Calls by Diana were picked up because of her international charity work; Thatcher's calls surfaced in the monitoring of British arms deals with Saudi Arabia. The officials also revealed that charities such as Amnesty International, Christian Aid and Greenpeace were secretly spied on. Overseas targets have even included the Vatican: messages sent by the Pope and the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta have been intercepted, read and passed on to Whitehall intelligence officers, the sources say. Codenamed Echelon, the monitoring system is part of a worldwide network of listening stations capable of processing millions of messages an hour. At least 10 Echelon stations operate around the world. Canada, Australia and New Zealand participate, as well as Britain and the United States. Former intelligence officials have spoken out after a decision by the European parliament to launch an inquiry into Echelon's operations. Officially, the British and American governments continue to deny the network's existence. Wayne Madsen, who worked for 20 years at America's National Security Agency (NSA) and other agencies, said last week: "Anybody who is politically active will eventually end up on the NSA's radar screen." Charities operating overseas are monitored because they often have access to details about controversial regimes. Amnesty was a particular target in the late 1980s, sources said. According to Madsen, "undisclosed material held in US government files on Princess Diana was collected because of her work with the international campaign to ban landmines". The NSA, a former insider has revealed, has also targeted communications concerning British military sales to Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. Its monitoring intercepted communications sent by Thatcher, who was then involved in the giant al-Yamamah arms contract between Britain and Saudi Arabia. The NSA also eavesdropped on the Panavia consortium, which builds the Tornado fighter aircraft. British Aerospace is one of the main partners in the consortium. "I just think of Echelon as a great vacuum cleaner in the sky which sucks everything up," said Mike Frost, a former Canadian intelligence officer. "We just get to look at the goodies." Frost, who retired in 1992 after 20 years' service, has also revealed that Canada's equivalent of GCHQ was used by Margaret Thatcher to monitor two cabinet colleagues. "She wanted to find out not what they were saying," Frost said, "but what they were thinking." The ultra-secret operation was conducted from an office at Macdonald House in Grosvenor Square, central London, which houses the Canadian high commission. According to Frost, Canadian spies were asked by GCHQ to undertake the operation because it was too politically sensitive for GCHQ to do itself. After spending three weeks tapping the ministers' communications, the Canadian officer who led the operation drove to GCHQ and handed over the tapes. Margaret Newsham, an American computer software manager who worked during the 1980s at the giant listening station at Menwith Hill in Yorkshire, confirmed last week: "I was aware that massive security violations were taking place. If these systems were for combating drugs or terrorism, that would be fine. But not for use in spying on individuals." Newsham says she was invited to listen in on an American senator's intercepted phone call at Menwith Hill. Later she informed Congress about her experiences. "It was evident American constitutional laws had been broken," she said. Avenues of redress for those targeted by Echelon are few. The Sunday Times has established that a loophole in the 1985 Interception of Communication Act means intelligence officials can put individuals and organisations under surveillance without a specific ministerial warrant. Section 3 (2) of the act, governing interception of communications going to, through or from
[CTRL] Protesters Throw Eggs at Albright
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- === The Committee for National Solidarity Tolstojeva 34, 11000 Belgrade, YU is there still hope of defenestration? Protesters Throw Eggs at Albright By Nadia Rybarova Associated Press Writer Monday, March 6, 2000; 8:01 a.m. EST BRNO, Czech Republic Shouting "death to American imperialism," two men hurled eggs at Secretary of State Madeleine Albright today after she told a university audience that defense of common values sometimes requires countries to pay a financial price. After finishing a speech to an enthusiastic audience at Tomas Masaryk University in this industrial city 125 miles southeast of Prague, Albright was milling about in the crowded entrance hall as bystanders cheered. Suddenly, two men shouted "death to American imperialism" and began hurling eggs. Albright was spattered slightly with bits of egg but most of them were intercepted by her bodyguards, said a U.S. official who asked that his name not be published. She was rushed upstairs quickly before leaving for another appearance. Police Capt. Zdenek Lubas said several people were detained for questioning but declined to give further details. Secretary General Mrs. Jela Jovanovic Art historian === A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Monday #1
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000306a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * Portal to notices, excuses, overflow, links: http://skepticon.pitas.com * No dysfunctional relationships were enhanced to produce this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The Centre For The Easily Amused: http://www.amused.com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # SKULLS OF WISDOM. Ditton Wilson disappeared in August of 1996 during an investigation into the a group of caves and tunnels beneath Salt Lake City, Utah. Before his disappearance he produced the skulls, which he claimed came from an Alien grave-yard he had found in a giant cavern underneath the Cross-Roads Mall: http://www.srv.net/~bhw/interest.htm @ Also - The Alien/LDS Connection: http://www.srv.net/~bhw/favorite.htm : Are you Mormon/Alien/subterranean? Have you found many strange skulls in caves/tunnels/bunkers under shopping centers? Do all shopping centers cover alien cemeteries? Are all shopping-center developers in collusion with ETs? @ NOTE TO THE PRESS: The govt of the US continues to rely on your personal and professional gullibility to suppress the information contained herein. Your cooperation over the past 40 years has exceeded OUR wildest expecta- tions and we salute you. The sun does not revolve around the Earth. The US Government has been in business with little gray extraterrestrials for about 20 years. http://www.xs4all.nl/~dannyvs/dulce-3.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # GENE SPLICING - How to create a life without sex. The US govt maintains that genetically modified crops are basically the same as traditional ones, not exotic new life forms. Activists say they represent unprece- dented attempts to interfere with Mother Nature. The truth lies some- where in between. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/990726/26dnab.htm # Preserve Fertility By Egg-Freezing. Female cancer patients and other women at risk of losing their fertility because of medical treatments can now help preserve their childbearing options via a new egg-freezing program at Stanford. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/03/000306075837.htm : Do you create/maintain/live/prefer life without sex? Is it cleaner? Have you arranged for external reproduction yet? Do you have adequate hosts yet? @ What mysterious factors make some marriages thrive and others explode into shards of acrimony loneliness? http://linguafranca.com/0003/lovelab.html @ WOMEN: Are you addicted to sex? The sex addict is someone who needs to have constant, unrelenting, continuous sexual gratification. See if you fit the profile: http://woman.iafrica.com/relationships/?src_id=tmp0407 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # DOTCOZA. In South Africa, a remarkable project to investigate if an indi- vidual can survive living only off the Net for three months. The person, called "dotcoza", will arrive in a house today, with only a bed, a compu- ter, Internet access, and clothes on his back - and survive without leav- ing the premises for the allotted time period. http://www.dotcoza.co.za # World's population getting fatter - Reptoids will harvest us soon: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564741086-637 : Is Web-survival a form of abuse? Are we being conditioned for dependence on the Web and similar remote/enmeshed systems, like chickens isolated in their little prisons to lay eggs? Are you isolated? Do you need the eggs? @ National Society of MicroSoft Haters: http://www.tradepage.co.za/nsmh/ @ Webgrrls of South Africa: http://www.webgrrls.co.za/ @ (SAICSIT) http://www.cs.unp.ac.za/saicsit/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Firefighters UFO's - friends or foes? http://www.caus.org/hk030600.htm # UFOs And The Unexplained In Saskatchewan. There have been thousands of sightings in Saskatchewan. Mostly in remote areas, farm land and Indian reservations. But some sightings have occurred in the cities of Saskatoon and Regina. Not just drunks: http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~aa711/u.html http://duke.usask.ca/~fowlerr/u2.html http://sightings.com/ufo6/sas.htm @ REPTOYS. If we are to discover if our planet is being prepared for open contact by the unseen faces whispered names of certain globalized broth- erhoods, we must keep a careful eye on the toy market to monitor what images our children are psychologically ingesting. From Barbie to Barney, what does the trend portend? http://www.reptoids.com/reptoys.htm @ All Reptilioids, All The Time: http://www.reptoids.com/ : Have you been adequately prepared for alien contact? Doe aliens infiltrate in the far North, in fire/rescue situations, in toy companies? Are the ETs watching everything we do? Are birds descended from dinosaurs, thus Reptoid? # 'Spy Hawk' Captured? NEW DELHI (Reuters) India's Border Security Force has caught
[CTRL] What the Chinese might be thinking (J.R. Nyquist)
-> SNETNEWS Mailing List What the Chinese might be thinking J.R. Nyquist © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com A Chinese military document, which discusses China's ongoing confrontation with Taiwan, has recently received attention in the U.S. The document is addressed to the regional garrisons, general departments, armed services and corps-level headquarters of the People's Liberation Army. It explains China's policy and strategy in broad terms, so that all military commanders might understand the context of China's ongoing mobilization. The document was drafted by the General Political Department of the PLA and approved by the Central Military Commission Conference. The document was titled, Watching Closely for Changes in Relationships with Taiwan and Enhancing Awareness of Military Leadership in the Current Situation. WorldNetDaily reporter Charles Smith has written a brief overview of the PLA document, outlining its contents. At this time it might be appropriate to take a closer look, in terms of China's strategic thinking. Where is the PLA headed? How does the PLA document relate to events in Russia? How do the Chinese view their chances of winning a future war against Taiwan or the United States? The first and most notable assertion made in the PLA document, which runs contrary to what many of us previously believed, is that Taiwan can be rapidly overcome by a sudden PLA invasion. Given Taiwan's air power and the difficulties involved in assaulting an island with few easily invaded beaches, an attacking Chinese force could only be slaughtered. Yet the Chinese military leadership expects to defeat Taiwan within a few days. It seems that China's leadership is unconcerned with the strength of Taiwan's defenses. They believe that tactics and timing are all that matter. How can this be? Even more surprising, the PLA leadership says that it is better to fight now than in the future -- the earlier, the better. This suggests that Beijing views the current correlation of forces as advantageous. In other words, a window of military opportunity has opened up in the present. In Western circles it is commonly thought that China will reach a military window of opportunity in five to 10 years. What accounts for the difference between the PLA's assessment and that of Western military experts? It would be logical to conclude that the PLA leaders know something that we don't. Apparently China has acquired capabilities or alliance guarantees that alter the present correlation of forces in China's favor. This is clearly indicated in the PLA document. This means that China's leaders expect to surprise the United States. Given the traditionally cautious behavior of Beijing oligarchs, more than one surprise would have to backstop a bold initiative like the invasion of Taiwan. Beijing cannot simply rely on one trump card. A Western military expert might conclude that the Chinese are bluffing, that they have purposely released this PLA document to spook us -- to frighten us into backing down, so that they can swallow up Taiwan without risking a single soldier. Of course, America should not overestimate China's power. That would be a mistake. But underestimating China would also be a mistake. How do we evaluate Chinese military power in the current situation? Consider the following factors: China has cleverly pocketed key American business people; China has benefited militarily and economically from shady dealings with the Clinton administration; China has also engaged in successful espionage against America's nuclear labs (as suggested in the Cox report); China's military leaders, working indirectly through front companies, now control the ports of entry at the Panama Canal -- a significant logistical choke-point. Where is the bluff in all these moves? Every item fits with a general pattern of painstaking strategic preparation. A path to victory has been paved in three dimensions simultaneously -- diplomatic, economic and military-technical. Every listed item has been crafted and orchestrated for a future moment of exploitation. And here is why the PLA thinks its window of opportunity has arrived. Eventually the Americans will realize that China has been positioning itself, just as former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Thomas Moorer first pointed out. It is therefore only a matter of time before the Americans counter-act China's elaborate preparations. With Clinton's presidency coming to an end early next year, the best time to act is now. As more and more Americans realize the danger from China, this window of opportunity cannot remain open indefinitely. Act sooner rather than later, say China's strategists. And this makes perfect sense. There is also the question of North Korea's force mobilization -- an arduous undertaking with Beijing standing in the background. As this column pointed out on Thursday, Russia has been mobilizing as well, and rapidly modernizing its armed forces in the last
[CTRL] Amnesty Intl: CUBA - Prisoners of Conscience
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- * News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International * News Service: 043/00 AMR 25/08/00 6 March 2000 CUBA Visit of Foreign Minister Dalmau Fernández's to the UK -- Amnesty International asks for release of prisoners of conscience On the occasion of the official visit to the UK of Cubas vice Foreign Minister, Angel Dalmau Fernández, Amnesty International has called on the Cuban government to immediately and unconditionally release all prisoners of conscience. Several hundred political prisoners are being held in Cuba, most of whom were convicted after unfair trials. Twenty eight of these have been recognized by Amnesty International as prisoners of conscience. "The Cuban government must address several key concerns as a matter of urgency," Amnesty International said. "These range from political prisoners being held after manifestly unfair trials, severe limitations of freedoms of expression, association and assembly, and punitive measures amounting to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment." Freedom of expression, association and assembly are severely limited in Cuba, both in law and in practice. Those who attempt to organize meetings, express views or form organizations conflicting with government policy are subjected to harassment and punitive measures that can include short-term detention, interrogation, threats and physical and verbal acts of aggression carried out by government supporters. "The Cuban government must lift all restrictive measures and put an end to practices impeding freedom of speech, association and assembly," Amnesty International said. Concerns about the human rights situation in Cuba have seriously increased after the introduction in February 1999 of tough new legislation ostensibly aimed at protecting the Cuban economy from the effects of 38 years of embargo by the US. This new legislation could also easily lend itself to efforts to stifle political dissent, providing for a penalty of up to 20 years imprisonment for a series of offences. For the eighth year running, the United Nations General Assembly called overwhelmingly in its November 1999 meeting for an end to the embargo against Cuba. According to reports, political prisoners and others have been subjected to punitive measures that include the withholding of food or medical attention, detention in cells with no light or bedding, threats, discrimination, verbal abuse and at times beatings. All of these constitute cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by international standards. Amnesty International is also concerned about a recent increase in the use of the death penalty, particularly after the introduction in March 1999 of new legislation imposing this punishment for serious cases of drug-trafficking, corruption of minors and armed robbery. At least 13 people were executed in 1999 and at least nine people reportedly remain on death row. "We hope that, on his return to Cuba, the vice Foreign Minister will convey to the Cuban government the importance of demonstrating its commitment to human rights by releasing all prisoners of conscience," Amnesty International said. "The Cuban government could also show a true commitment to improve its human rights record by being open to international supervision -- including providing access to the country for international human rights organizations," the organization concluded. Background Prisoners of conscience are people detained solely because of their peaceful attempts to exercise their rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly. Amnesty International calls for immediate and unconditional release of all prisoners of conscience. ENDS.../ Amnesty International, International Secretariat, 1 Easton Street, WC1X 8DJ, London, United Kingdom You may repost this message onto other sources provided the main text is not altered in any way and both the header crediting Amnesty International and this footer remain intact. Only the list subscription message may be removed. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at:
Re: [CTRL] IUFO: TIMES: Vegetarian Antichrist is 'walking among us'
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- On Mon, 6 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: London Times 3/6/00 Vegetarian Antichrist is 'walking among us' FROM RICHARD OWEN IN ROME THE leading conservative contender to succeed the Pope yesterday said that the "Antichrist" was already on Earth in the guise of a prominent philanthropist whose concern for human rights and the environment and advocacy of ecumenicism masks his real aim: the destruction of Christianity and "the death of God". Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, 71, the Archbishop of Bologna, said the Antichrist Sounds like a lot of "bologna" to me...or maybe "papal bull". FWP. --- http://www.vcn.bc.ca/culturex/The-Question-Nobody-Will-Answer.htm --- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Landslide or Suicide?
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Sticking with Bush, GOP will lose it all; McCain could give them victory By Jay Severin MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR March 6 For Democrats, Super Tuesday is a mere formality: crowning Al Gore, the inevitable nominee. But for Republicans, this could be Suicide Tuesday. ATTENTION REPUBLICANS: The key to success in American politics is balancing ideology with winning elections. Thus, the idea is to find a candidate who: Agrees with you on most issues Can get elected. This is Politics 101. John McCain is a candidate who: Agrees with Republicans on most issues. Can get elected but the polls suggest Republicans are about to reject him. LANDSLIDE OR SUICIDE? If John McCain is effectively out of this race on Tuesday, on Wednesday we will be able to say this is the biggest and most tragic mass suicide ever since a bunch of equally confused true believers laced on identical sneakers and followed cult leader Doe to a a better place. John McCain as the nominee means that in the general election the Republican party will attract all GOP voters, almost all new voters, the vast majority of independent voters and about 20 percent of Democrat voters. John McCain is a lock to take the GOP to the Promised Land. George Bush will lose to Al Gore, and the GOP will go down in flames, crippled for a generation or more. It means perhaps the biggest landslide and biggest mandate in modern American history. A McCain victory means the Democratic party would be decimated a marginalized caucus of minorities, trade unionists, and some Birkenstock-shod liberals on Manhattans Upper West Side. A McCain victory also means the likelihood of Republicans becoming the dominant political party and philosophy for the next 30 years or more. A McCain victory means a conservative U.S. Supreme Court, federal bench, and Republican control of the House, the Senate and the White House. In short, a McCain victory would deliver Republicans everything for which they could conceivably wish and totally vanquish the enemy. STICKING WITH A LOSER No thanks: well take Bush, Republicans appear poised to proclaim. George W. Bush, who thus far cannot attract the vote of anybody who isnt an older, overweight, conservative white man named Chuck. George W. Bush, who mortgaged his status as a political centrist to make a deal with bigots to win Southern votes. George W. Bush, whose attempts to complete a thought or a sentence offer all the gruesome excitement of a bungee jump. George W. Bush, who put the Duh in W. George W. Bush in a long national campaign? Debating Al Gore? Winning non-Republican votes? Good luck. At here is the necessary question: Do the Republican politicians (all of them) supporting Bush actually believe he can win or are they, lemming like, marching to doom with a fellow member of their tired party establishment, in order to save it from a reformer? A RARE OPPORTUNITY Yes, GOP: Join hands and jump off the cliff. You are going to a better place. Its called the Gore Administration. The gods do not frequently offer opportunity such as the Republicans have at this moment: John McCain has a lock on taking them to the Promised Land. George Bush will lose to Al Gore, and the GOP will go down in flames, crippled for a generation or more. Which is it sad or funny that the party that fell in love at first sight with a so-called winner is on the verge of denying the biggest winner they have ever had? But Republicans evidently do not wish to be confused with facts. Well take Bush, thanks. We liked his father. And his mom. Oh, and the media like McCain. So do non- Republicans. There must be something wrong with him. Anyway, any Republican can beat Al Gore. Yes, Republicans: Go ahead, join hands and jump off the cliff. You are going to a better place. And the name of that place is the Gore Administration. Jay Severin hosts a call-in show on 96.9 FM-TALK in Boston. He is a campaign consultant for conservative causes and a regular contributor to MSNBC on the Internet. Steve Wingate California Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL Anomalous Images and UFO Files http://www.anomalous-images.com A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
[CTRL] Vote for Virtual Candidate
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.nationallampoon.com/virtual/virtual.asp A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Monday #2
ent Clinton recommends more police power and changes to U.S. anonymity laws. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34720,00.html : Does your govt/agency/firm/church/cabal have enough surveillance power? Can you allow The People any privacy at all? Does privacy endanger you? Do you routinely destroy all incriminating evidence? Do you get away with it? # Clinton Orders Net Security Review - crack down on everyone, everywhere now: http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,12599,00.html # Historians, libraries lose appeal: govt computer records to be destroyed. Coverup: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564776880-48d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Students rapped for Virgin Mary pro-choice flyers. The prez of Providence College says pro-choice posters that feature Mary reflect "anti-Catholic bigotry" and he's not about to go easy on their creators. Three students behind the messages have been fined $1,000 each and kicked out of school: http://projo.com/cgi-bin/frame_it.cgi?URL=/report/pjb/stories/03296001.htm @ HOLY BLOWFISH: Demonstrate to your children that, that, in this morally standardless universe, blowfish can be seen as good, where "good" is defined as "utter destruction and elemental Chaos." Set a good example: www.hcs.harvard.edu/%7Edemon/issues/apr_26_1999/blowfish/blowfish.html : Does your belief system insist on high/medium/low moral standards? Should your belief systems be mandatory? If your now-dominant heresy ever loses its dominance, should all your fellow-believers be rooted out, purged, expelled? # Pope martyrs 44 beauties - claims, "the voices told me to, so I did!" http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564758032-90c # Student Prayer Again an Issue for High Court - the hydra that never dies: http://www.latimes.com/news/front/2306/t21790.html # Hillary marches in St. Pat's parade - Catholic, Mormon, Orthodox and Buddhist saints spin in their graves because of Methodist intrusion: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564772659-633 : Who are your favorite saints? Does your belief system has a unique set of saints? Do any other belief systems recognize them? Should prayer to/at your saints/saviours/deities/demons be mandatory in public affairs? Do they work? # Religious pledge to promote census - monotheists want to be counted: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564780074-bbb # Court backs Indiana on Good Friday - state may establish religion: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564776706-0de # Cardinal O'Connor gets Congressional Gold Medal, grants indulgences: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564779224-1c6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "SURE I believe in GOD - I carved one from soapstone this morning." * Rev.R.Carter, ULC * http://skepticon.pitas.com * FAX: 603-415-3736 * SkeptiNews bulletins now *ONLINE* at: http://skeptinews.pitas.com/ * Fringes of: Science, Faith, Paranormal, Conspiracy, Sex, Dope, Art A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- In a message dated 00-03-06 20:09:14 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But for you to compare and equate the US to Iraq, Iran, or China is a ridiculous insult! When talking about the death penalty, it is not ridiculous. The death penalty has been OUTLAWED in all industrialized, and industrializing nations, EXCEPT the United States. The other countries beside the US which still use the death penalty ARE China, Iran, Iraq and a few others like them. Therefore, Death Penalty=USA=China=Iraq=Iran is a true equation. Both of the USA's neighbours, Canada and Mexico, rightly look down on the USA for retaining such a barbarous punisment which the civilized world has left behind, like slavery. The truth about the USA hurts, but it is the truth nonetheless. Alfred, Vancouver, Canada A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Secret History Of Lead (1)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- March 20, 2000 THE SECRET HISTORY OF LEAD SPECIAL REPORT by JAMIE LINCOLN KITMAN Click here for a timeline: 8,500 years of lead, 79 years of leaded gasoline. Click here to read a press release about this article. The next time you pull the family barge in for a fill-up, check it out: The gas pumps read "Unleaded." You might reasonably suppose this is because naturally occurring lead has been thoughtfully removed from the gasoline. But you would be wrong. There is no lead in gasoline unless somebody puts it there. And, a little more than seventy-five years ago, some of America's leading corporations--General Motors, Du Pont and Standard Oil of New Jersey (known nowadays as Exxon)--were that somebody. They got together and put lead, a known poison, into gasoline, for profit. Lead was outlawed as an automotive gasoline additive in this country in 1986--more than sixty years after its introduction--to enable the use of emissions-reducing catalytic converters in cars (which are contaminated and rendered useless by lead) and to address the myriad health and safety concerns that have shadowed the toxic additive from its first, tentative appearance on US roads in the twenties, through a period of international ubiquity only recently ending. Since the virtual disappearance of leaded gas in the United States (it's still sold for use in propeller airplanes), the mean blood-lead level of the American population has declined more than 75 percent. A 1985 EPA study estimated that as many as 5,000 Americans died annually from lead-related heart disease prior to the country's lead phaseout. According to a 1988 report to Congress on childhood lead poisoning in America by the government's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, one can estimate that the blood-lead levels of up to 2 million children were reduced every year to below toxic levels between 1970 and 1987 as leaded gasoline use was reduced. From that report and elsewhere, one can conservatively estimate that a total of about 68 million young children had toxic exposures to lead from gasoline from 1927 to 1987. * * * How did lead get into gasoline in the first place? And why is leaded gas still being sold in the Third World, Eastern Europe and elsewhere? Recently uncovered documents from the archives of the aforementioned industrial behemoths and the US government, a new skein of academic research and a careful reading of that long-ago period's historical record, as well as dozens of interviews conducted by The Nation, tell the true story of leaded gasoline, a sad and sordid commercial venture that would tiptoe its way quietly into the black hole of history if the captains of industry were to have their way. But the story must be recounted now. The leaded gas adventurers have profitably polluted the world on a grand scale and, in the process, have provided a model for the asbestos, tobacco, pesticide and nuclear power industries, and other twentieth-century corporate bad actors, for evading clear evidence that their products are harmful by hiding behind the mantle of scientific uncertainty. This is not just a textbook example of unnecessary environmental degradation, however. Nor is this history important solely as a cautionary retort to those who would doubt the need for aggressive regulation of industry, when commercial interests ask us to sanction genetically modified food on the basis of their own scientific assurances, just as the merchants of lead once did. The leaded gasoline story must also be read as a call to action, for the lead menace lives. Consider: § the severe health hazards of leaded gasoline were known to its makers and clearly identified by the US public health community more than seventy-five years ago, but were steadfastly denied by the makers, because they couldn't be immediately quantified; § other, safer antiknock additives--used to increase gasoline octane and counter engine "knock"--were known and available to oil companies and the makers of lead antiknocks before the lead additive was discovered, but they were covered up and denied, then fought, suppressed and unfairly maligned for decades to follow; § the US government was fully apprised of leaded gasoline's potentially hazardous effects and was aware of available alternatives, yet was complicit in the cover-up and even actively assisted the profiteers in spreading the use of leaded gasoline to foreign countries; § the benefits of lead antiknock additives were wildly and knowingly overstated in the beginning, and continue to be. Lead is not only bad for the planet and all its life forms, it is actually bad for cars and always was; § for more than four decades, all scientific research regarding the health implications of leaded gasoline was underwritten and controlled by the original lead cabal--Du Pont, GM and Standard Oil; such research invariably favored the industry's pro-lead views, but was from
[CTRL] Secret History Of Lead (2)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- THE SECRET HISTORY OF LEAD PAGE 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Enter Du Pont In 1919 GM purchased Kettering's Dayton research laboratory. The following year the company installed him as vice president of research of the renamed General Motors Research Corporation. No longer the shambling, anarchic outfit it had been under the inveterate risk-taker W.C. Durant, GM was now to be run in the militarily precise mold of E.I. du Pont de Nemours Company of Wilmington, Delaware. Awash in a sea of gunpowder profits from World War I, the du Pont family had been increasing its stake in GM since 1914. By 1920 it controlled more than 35 percent of GM shares and moved to pack the board, installing professional management, with the du Pont faction taking control of the corporation's all-powerful finance committee. Caught short by a margin call in the recession of 1920, Durant, GM's colorful founder, lost his stake and was forced by the du Pont family to walk the plank (he would spend his final days running a bowling alley). One of the clan's craftiest patriarchs, Pierre du Pont, was coaxed from retirement and named GM's interim president; Alfred Sloan, who had demonstrated the coldhearted allegiance to the bottom line the du Ponts revered, became executive vice president preparatory to assuming the top slot. The pressure on all concerned, including Kettering and his research division, was to make money and to make it fast. Lest there be any misunderstanding, Sloan wrote to Kettering in September of 1920, alerting him to the du Ponts' new math: "Although [the Research Corporation] is not a productive unit and a unit that is supposed to make a profit, nevertheless the more tangible result we get from it the stronger its position will be It may be inferred at some future time...that we are spending too much money down there [in Dayton] and being in a position to show what benefits had accrued to the corporation would strengthen our position materially." That time would come soon enough for Kettering to deliver. An air-cooled engine he'd championed--copper-cooled, he called it--would soon prove a costly disaster for GM. Fortunately for him, immediately after joining GM he had given his trusted assistant Midgley two weeks to find something to ignite the new management's interest in funding continued fuel research. Though it would take somewhat longer than two weeks to fire their masters' enthusiasm, "Midge" succeeded. And the Winner Is... The effect of this sudden time constraint was striking. As GM researcher and Kettering biographer T.A. Boyd noted in an unpublished history written in 1943, Midgley's main research in 1919-20 had been to make alcohols out of olefins found in petroleum through reactions with sulfuric acid. (Farm alcohol was one thing, but a patentable process for production of petroleum-derived alcohol--a possible money-maker--was quite another, one of considerably greater interest to the corporation.) "But in view of the verdict setting a time limit on how much further the research for an antiknock compound might continue," Boyd said, "work was resumed at once in making engine tests of whatever further compounds happened to be available on the shelf of the lab...or which could be gotten readily." As noted earlier, Midgley tested many compounds before isolating tetraethyl lead in December 1921. In the early days, he would attribute the discovery of TEL's antiknock properties to "luck and religion, as well as the application of science." In a 1925 magazine article, he would recall false trails with iodine, aniline, selenium and tellurium before hitting upon lead. Curiously, his article omitted any reference to the alcohol-gasoline blend he'd patented just five years earlier. Another oddity: The exact number of compounds tested prior to TEL's discovery varies dramatically in different accounts. As Professor William Kovarik of Radford University has observed, confusion reigns in part because the lab's day-to-day test diaries have never been released to the public by the General Motors Institute (GMI) archive. In the words of one archivist there, GM's lead archives have been "sanitized." One 1925 article in the Literary Digest put the number at 2,500 compounds tested, while The Story of Ethyl Gasoline, a 1927 pamphlet released by a company Midgley would help found, states that 33,000 were studied. Another time, he claimed 14,991 elements were examined, while a 1980 Ethyl corporation statement set the number at 144. This question is important because GM's discovery of lead's antiknock properties, which initially caused little internal excitement, would be hailed in popular media and later cited in polytechnical texts as a model of rational, orderly scientific inquiry that sought the single best answer to the knock question. A more realistic view of events is that TEL's re-emergence in the twenties was the result of a crude empirical potshot that
[CTRL] Secret History Of Lead (3)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- THE SECRET HISTORY OF LEAD PAGE 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Hello, Ethyl Meanwhile, Standard Oil of New Jersey had developed a faster, cheaper method of synthesizing TEL. In August 1924 production began in a makeshift works at its Bayway plant in Elizabeth, New Jersey. GM still held the TEL patent, but Standard now had the better manufacturing technology and a patent of its own to prove it. To the apparent surprise of some at Du Pont, which had not been producing the fluid fast enough for GM's liking, the oil company (one of twenty-seven companies formed by the 1911 breakup of Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust) and the automobile company formed a joint venture, which they called the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation. Why, one wonders, would GM deign to form Ethyl, a new company, with Standard? "In the first place," Sloan would testify in a 1952 antitrust suit, "I recognized that General Motors' organization had no competence whatsoever in chemical manufacture. We were mechanical people dealing in metal processing." The deaths at Dayton would certainly support this modest assessment. Sloan would also later record his view that management should not get sidetracked on noncore businesses. But there were clearly bushels of money to be made. Sloan had by now fully cottoned to an essential fact about his company's new lead additive patent. As the management expert P.F. Drucker described it many years later, "GM, in effect, made money on almost every gallon of gasoline sold, by anyone." In one of its first official acts, the newly formed Ethyl Gasoline Corporation evinced renewed sensitivity to spin (not to mention a justifiably elevated level of paranoia) by insisting that its contract with the Bureau of Mines be modified yet again, to reflect that "before publication of any papers or articles by your Bureau, they should be submitted to them [Ethyl] for comment, criticism, and approval." Thus, as the public health historians David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz have observed, the newly formed Ethyl Corporation was given "veto power over the research of the United States government." Death by Loony Gas Du Pont would supply most of Ethyl's TEL requirements for years to come, but, according to a letter written by Alfred Sloan to Irénée du Pont in the fall of 1924, in an accommodation to Standard Oil that firm had been permitted to maintain a small "semiworks" at its Bayway refinery. Later, Du Pont engineers would express serious reservations about the safety of Standard's facility. An internal 1936 Du Pont history would recount that the company was "greatly shocked at the manifest danger of the equipment and methods [and] at the inadequate safety precautions" at the Standard facility, but their suggestions were "waved aside." Unfortunate it was. On October 26, 1924, the first of five workers who would die in quick succession at Standard Oil's Bayway TEL works perished, after wrenching fits of violent insanity; thirty-five other workers would experience tremors, hallucinations, severe palsies and other serious neurological symptoms of organic lead poisoning. In total, more than 80 percent of the Bayway staff would die or suffer severe poisoning. News of these deaths was the first that many Americans heard of leaded gasoline--although it would take a few days, as the New York City papers and wire services rushed to cover a mysterious industrial disaster that Standard stonewalled and GM declined to delve into. * * * Confusion and panic marked the headlines, with reporters forced to travel to New Jersey to track a story they'd probably have noted in a lightly rewritten press release if Standard had appeared more forthcoming. On October 30, days after the first Bayway death, the press was at last invited to Standard's New York City headquarters for an afternoon session of long-overdue, professionally crafted spin control. Thomas Midgley had been rushed to 26 Broadway from Dayton and would address the corps. But first, Standard's medical consultant, J. Gilman Thompson, presented them with a typewritten statement, supplying the company's most sculpted telling of recent history yet: [TEL's] recently discovered use for greatly promoting the efficiency of gasoline engines has led to its manufacture on a commercial scale through processes still more or less in a stage of development. This has occasioned unforeseen accidents One of these has been the sudden escape of fumes from large retorts, and the inhalation of such fumes gives rise to acute symptoms, particularly congestion of the brain, producing a condition not unlike delirium tremens. Although there is lead in the compound, these acute symptoms are wholly unlike those of chronic lead poisoning such as painters often have. "There is no obscurity whatever about the effects of the poison and characterizing the substance as 'mystery gas' or 'insanity gas' is grossly misleading. Asked to assess their
[CTRL] Secret History Of Lead (4)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- THE SECRET HISTORY OF LEAD PAGE 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 But There Is No Alternative Misrepresenting the Surgeon General's committee report findings and glossing over its call for further study, Ethyl medical consultant Robert Kehoe recalled in a 1928 article the government's abdication of its charge: "As it appeared from [the committee's] investigation that there was no evidence of immediate danger to the public health, it was thought that these necessarily expensive studies should not be repeated at present, at public expense, but that they should be continued at the expense of the industry most concerned, subject, however, to the supervision of the Public Health Service." His own study, Kehoe wrote unsurprisingly, failed to "show any evidence for the existence of such hazards." Others were less sanguine about the committee's report and Kehoe's summary of the evidence. Committee member Dr. David Edsall, dean of Harvard's School of Public Health, called the report incomplete and "half-baked." C.E.A. Winslow of Yale recommended that "the search for an investigation of antiknock compounds be continued intensively with the object of securing effective agents containing less poisonous metals (such as iron, nickel, tin, etc.) or no metals at all." Winslow unsuccessfully sought to have the committee mention alternatives to TEL in its final report, forwarding this recommendation to the PHS, along with correspondence from the Ford Motor Company. One letter to Winslow, which is missing from the PHS files in the National Archive but present in his Yale University archive, dated August 15, 1925, reads: Alcohols for motor fuel Further to my letter of June 19th: You may probably have observed the production of synthetic alcohol as brought by the Badische Anilin and Soda Fabrik [BASF of I.G. Farben], now being produced in Germany at the rate of 60,000 gallons per month. Such alcohol is reported to be produced for between 10 cents and 20 cents per gallon and has much promise as a mixture with hydrocarbon [gasoline] fuels to eliminate knocking and carbonization. [signed] Wm. H. Smith, Ford Motor Co. Surgeon General Cumming was not interested in alternatives to lead, even though proof of their existence ought to have immediately thrown the veracity of all Ethyl utterances into question. Speaking in August 1925, for instance, Thomas Midgley had told a meeting of scientists, "So far as science knows at the present time, tetraethyl lead is the only material available which can bring about these [antiknock] results, which are of vital importance to the continued economic use by the general public of all automotive equipment, and unless a grave and inescapable hazard rests in the manufacture of tetraethyl lead, its abandonment cannot be justified." Midgley had conveniently overlooked his earlier, high-profile endorsement of ethanol, as would Kettering and the entire US press corps. Kettering was also forgetting Synthol, the octane-boosting alternative he had publicized just months earlier when it looked like Ethyl might be forced to close shop. With the government's de facto seal of approval in hand for TEL, Kettering never again mentioned Synthol. Summarizing his remarks before the Surgeon General's committee, the New York Times reported: "The experience of the company does not offer any promise that any such cheap and efficient anti-knock can be discovered to replace the lead." Uncle Sam Lends a Hand Far from heeding his committee's call for the initiation of further studies on the effects of widespread use of tetraethyl lead, the Surgeon General thrust himself quickly into the role of international cheerleader for Ethyl's lead gasoline additive. In 1928 England's Daily Mail quoted British scientists voicing fear over the potential public health hazard posed by TEL, which was soon to be introduced to the British market by the Anglo-American oil company brand Pratt's. Ethyl's new president, Earle Webb, apprised Surgeon General Cumming of this development and received a warm, familiar response. "Your courtesy in keeping us informed of such developments is helpful and I am grateful for its continuance," Cumming replied, before contacting the British ministry. Soon thereafter, England's Ministry of Health would give TEL a clean bill of health, referring to American findings. This would be hard to jibe with a soon-to-be-published report in the British Medical Journal on "the slow, subtle, insidious saturation of the system by infinitesimal doses of lead extending over a long period of time," but Cumming wasn't through yet. Foreshadowing years of sterling service on behalf of Ethyl, the Surgeon General, the nation's highest-ranking medical officer, would put pen to paper again in 1928, encouraging New York City sanitary officials to lift the city's ban on the use of TEL-laced gasoline. "There are no good grounds" for the ban, he implored them. In 1931 Cumming
[CTRL] Secret History Of Lead (5)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Big Lead Fights Back Tetraethyl lead was no longer GM's concern. Nor was it the concern of other auto makers, who followed suit announcing that they too would adopt the catalyst to meet ever-tightening federal emissions standards. Du Pont and Ethyl, on the other hand--along with a ragtag bunch of cheapskate oilmen who hoped to avoid upgrading their refineries to produce unleaded gasoline of sufficiently high octane--still cared a lot about American sales of TEL. When the EPA launched the first of several halfhearted attempts to begin removing lead from gasoline, lead's corporate affinity group fought back with a ferocity that bespoke major arrogance and even greater desperation. No sooner had the EPA announced a scheduled phaseout, setting a reduced lead content standard for gasoline in 1974, than it was sued by Ethyl and Du Pont, who claimed they had been deprived of property rights. In that same year, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit set aside the EPA's lead regulations as "arbitrary and capricious." Ethyl had argued that "actual harm" must be shown, not just "significant risk," before their product could be outlawed, and the panel agreed. That Ethyl could make the argument at all was a troubling reminder that the executive and legislative branches of the United States government had signally failed to heed the Surgeon General's committee's original request for funding in 1926 for more independent research, leaving the driving, scientifically speaking, to Robert Kehoe. In 1976 the full United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit overturned the decision against the EPA, finding that "significant risk" was adequate foundation for the agency's action against lead and within its authority. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, a longtime Ethyl director when he was a Virginia corporate lawyer, didn't need to recuse himself, as the Court refused to hear an appeal brought by TEL makers Ethyl, Du Pont, Nalco and PPG, as well as the National Petroleum Refiners Association and four oil companies. Ethyl's excitable Blanchard lashed out, "The whole proceeding against an industry that has made invaluable contributions to the American economy for more than fifty years is the worst example of fanaticism since the New England witch hunts in the Seventeenth Century." * * * Fighting on the beaches and fighting on the seas, an impassioned Ethyl wasn't going to go down easy, urging a reprieve for leaded fuel at a 1979 meeting of the Petrochemical Energy Group. Soon after, the company's oil industry amigos would sound the alarm for a mysterious "octane crisis" on account of an alleged increase in competition for aromatics, crude oil components that are mainstays of the plastics and synthetics businesses, as well as unleaded gasoline octane boosters. To combat the crisis, they requested an EPA slowdown on the gradual phaseout of lead. The petrochemical industry--led by Du Pont, Monsanto and Dow--would simultaneously launch an intensive lobbying campaign to delay the scheduled lead phaseout, charging, in a reminiscent tack, that the newly discovered dearth of aromatics "threatens the jobs of the 14 million Americans directly dependent and the 29 million Americans indirectly dependent on the petrochemical industry for employment." The ever-hopeful lead cabal's dreams were cruelly dashed in early 1982, after word leaked out of Vice President George Bush's Task Force on Regulatory Relief that the newly elected Reagan Administration planned to relax or eliminate the US lead phaseout. Recognizing its cue, Du Pont formally called upon the EPA to rescind all lead regulations. EPA Administrator Ann Gorsuch was only too pleased to comply, but she unwittingly launched a firestorm of bad publicity in advance of an announcement by telling a visiting refiner with a big mouth that she would not enforce violations of current lead limits because the regulations would soon be repealed. When Gorsuch's remarks appeared in the newspapers (and were lampooned in the comic strip Doonesbury), Reagan's EPA would, under heavy political pressure, strike a compromise that effectively sped up the phaseout. Once again, Ethyl had been let down by old friends. The New Science of Lead Ethyl and Octel continued to whine, but by 1984 the health benefits of America's lead phaseout had become too remarkable to ignore, and it was this fact that ultimately ended lead's reign in America. The harmful effects of lead at lower and lower concentrations had been shown by independent studies in the late seventies and early eighties, and by now PHS was at long last settling in with the antilead camp. EPA economist Joel Schwartz, assigned by his Reaganaut superiors to examine the impact of the lead phaseout on small refiners preparatory to phasing lead back in, went rogue and reported back instead on the impact of the phaseout's early years on American
[CTRL] FW: Liberty Update / W.T.O.
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Dave Hartley http://www.asheville-computer.com/dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 3:12 PM To: Subscriber Subject: Liberty Update/W.T.O. March 6, 2000 Dear friend of liberty, Our electronic march on Washington supporting the withdrawal of the United States from the W.T.O. begins today. Representative Ron Paul and four other members of the U.S. House submitted a privileged resolution (H.J. Res. 90) this afternoon directing the United States to withdraw from the W.T.O. Representative Paul stated, "Let's call a spade a spade. The W.T.O. is nothing other than a vehicle for managed trade whereby the politically connected, campaign contributors and fat cats get the benefits of exercising their position as a preferred group. Preferred that is, by the Washington and international political and bureaucratic establishments." Dr. Paul also stated, "It is an egregious attack upon our national sovereignty, and this is the reason why we must vigorously oppose it. No nation can maintain its sovereignty if it surrenders its authority to an international collective. Since sovereignty is linked so closely to freedom, our very notion of American liberty is at stake in this issue." To join our electronic march, please go to http://www.StopWTO.org. Kent Snyder Executive Director Liberty Study Committee http://www.libertystudy.org If you have a question or comment, please mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. To SUBSCRIBE, please send a email message to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following text on the first line of your message. join [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, please send a email message to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following text on the first line of your message. leave [EMAIL PROTECTED] A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] URGENT COURT WATCH ALERT (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- The appointments of judges which are life time appointments are one of the largest lasting damages done by the clinton administration. On Sat, 04 Mar 2000 12:37:42 -0500, Nicole Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Nicole Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] URGENT COURT WATCH ALERT March 4, 2000 Two of the MOST IMPORTANT SENATE VOTES ON CLINTON'S JUDICIAL NOMINEES will occur on Monday or Tuesday, March 6th or 7tha week earlier than the long-announced date of March 15th. These votes will be on RICHARD PAEZ and MARSHA BERZON, both named to the NINTH CIRCUIT. THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS The Ninth Circuit is the largest and most activist/liberal Circuit of all the nation's thirteen circuits. It covers the nation's seven western-most states, plus Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Among its 21 current active judges, 10 are Clinton appointees, and 3 are Carter appointees. Six more Clinton nominees are awaiting Senate confirmation. During the last three years, the U. S. Supreme Court (hardly a solid conservative body) has reversed 54 of the 63 cases (86%) reaching the Court from the Ninth Circuit. It is thus obvious that the addition of any more radical Clinton judges to this already radical Ninth Circuit could do damage to American law and liberty that would be virtually irreparable in the foreseeable future. RICHARD PAEZ Richard Paez has been the subject of Court Watch Alerts in the past, as his name has been before the Senate since he was first nominated on January 25, 1996. On July 29, 1999, Paez received his most recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where he was barely approved by a 10-8 margin. This is the strongest opposition the Republicans have mounted against any Clinton nominee in a Judiciary Committee roll-call vote. There is more than ample reason for opposition to Paez: INJUDICIOUS AND/OR UNETHICAL CONDUCTin 1995 U. S. District Judge Paez publicly attacked California's Propositions 187 and 209, both of which were involved in litigation at the time of his remarks. In the same speech, Paez also openly urged the filing of lawsuits to force "diversity in judicial appointments." Such remarks violate the Judicial Code of Conduct by casting severe doubt on Paez's ability to decide impartially cases that might later reach his Court involving any of these issues. LACK OF JUDICIAL TEMPERAMENTWhile a state judge, Paez "stormed off the bench" (a Los Angeles Times description) after warning a defendant in his court not to consult the Bible and after threatening to confiscate the Bible. ACTIVIST JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHYPaez has already proven his activism by creating novel applications of federal statutes. In 1997, he ruled that when American companies are doing business with overseas companies, or even foreign governments, which allegedly commit human rights abuses, the American companies can be held liable. The Institute for International Economics concludes that this would "vastly expand the jurisdiction of the U. S. court system." MARSHA BERZON Like Richard Paez, MARSHA BERZON has been nominated to the Ninth Circuit before--on January 27, 1998. On July 1, 1999, Berzon, also like Paez, received narrow approval by the Judiciary Committee (10-8). Berzon's record reveals her lack of fitness for the Ninth Circuit: LIBERAL/ACTIVIST BACKGROUNDBerzon in 1978 clerked for U. S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, one of the most liberal/activist judges in recent history. YEARS OF ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE "WOMEN'S RIGHTS" MOVEMENTBerzon has been a member of the Women's Legal Defense Fund and an activist in the campaign against protection of the unborn. In 1991, in International Union, UAW v. Johnson Controls, Berzon won for a pregnant woman the "right" to work in a battery manufacturing plant during the pregnancy despite the inherent dangers to the unborn child posed by toxic substances in such a workplace. EXTREME ADVOCACY FOR ORGANIZED LABORAs associate general counsel for the AFL-CIO since 1987, Berzon's briefs have aroused opposition from such diverse groups as the American Public Health Association, the National Association of Alcoholic Treatment Programs, and numerous state Attorneys General. She has pressed the radical argument that no system of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) can be fair without the involvement of a union. And she has argued that non-union workers can be compelled to subsidize their union's collective-bargaining activities in unitis other than their own, that professional associations can compel dues of objecting non-members, and that the right to refuse to associate with a union is not protected by the First Amendment as are numerous other forms of association and expression. ACT NOW!!! Phone your U. S. Senators and urge them to vote "No" on both RICHARD PAEZ AND MARSHA BERZON. Six GOP Senators
[CTRL] Officer anonymously blasts Pentagon's anthrax (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Officer anonymously blasts Pentagon's anthrax vaccinations in Naval Institute magazine St. Louis Post-Dispatch March 04, 2000 An attack on the armed forces' program of anthrax vaccinations has turned up in an unlikely place - Proceedings, the monthly magazine of the U.S. Naval Institute. The institute is a private, nonprofit organization and has no direct connection to the Navy. But since 1873, its offices have been situated on the Navy's most hallowed ground - the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Its magazine is all but required reading for officers in the Navy and Marine Corps and is widely influential in those circles. Criticism of the anthrax shots has been common among the 2.4 million active-duty and reserve military people who must take them. Scores of military people have refused to take the shots. Most have been punished or, in the case of reservists, have chosen to resign. But so far, the criticism has been limited to the civilian press. Proceedings magazine appears to be the first quasi-military publication to publish such an article. Publication doesn't necessarily suggest that the magazine agrees with the article's points. Proceedings prides itself on being a forum for all points of view. But the magazine generally takes a sober approach and is not known as an outlet for sensationalist or outlandish views. The article in question is titled "Stop Mandatory Anthrax Vaccinations." The byline reads, "By An Anonymous Military Officer" - a departure from the policy of Proceedings. The author describes himself as an officer with 17 years of service. He says that open criticism "has ended many promising careers and stifled even the most adamant voices." Like other critics, the anonymous officer asserts that the vaccine has been spottily tested and manufactured under questionable standards. The officer charges that the vaccine may fail to protect against anthrax while causing serious side effects. The Pentagon has insisted that the vaccine is safe and effective. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] David Horowitz on: Racial Killings Gun Control (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Clinton's mendacity is an art form. === Forwarded for Rose Bowen-- DAVID HOROWITZ Racial Killings Gun Control A SIX-YEAR-OLD African American shoots and kills a six-year-old white girl in Michigan. The six-year-old shooter has been suspended before for stabbing another child with a pencil. Police discover that he lives in a crack house with his criminal uncle with outstanding warrants for arrest. The boy's father is in jail. His mother is a drug addict. The President of the United States responds to the tragedy by summoning leaders of Congress to the White House to pass a new law, requiring trigger locks on guns. If ever there was a case revealing the moral bankruptcy (or is it idiocy?) of liberalism, this is it. Of course, Clinton and Democratic leaders are calling for trigger locks on guns because they are planning to make this a major Democrat issue in this year's political campaigns. But that only makes the point stronger. So far not a single liberal has publicly dissented from the idea that gun control is the lesson to be drawn from this tragedy, let alone questioned the Democrats' sick exploitation of it for political ends. Since the point is evidently not obvious to liberals, let me make it clear: Clinton might as well be calling a conference to develop a Voodoo spell to stop incidents like the Michigan tragedy as propose a new gun law. Why would a family of criminals, like the one actually responsible for the murder of Kayla Rolland observe a trigger-lock law if it was passed? The inhabitants of this crack house do not observe laws. They live to break laws. Child abuse is against the law. The little emotionally disturbed six-year-old who committed the murders was abused by his mother, his criminal father, his criminal uncle, and every adult that entered that crack house. That is already against law. Calling for a law to require parents who stash their kids in crack houses to put trigger locks on the stolen guns lying around is a sick joke. An even sicker joke would be to expect liberal Democrats or the liberal press to acknowledge this obvious fact. Democrats' use of the inter-racial killing of a six-year-old to attack lawful gun owners and to beat up on the National Rifle Association is obscene. But better than that, it is an exercise in the very denial that provides liberalism with a reason to exist. The purpose of the cry for gun control is to allow liberals once again to close their eyes (and the nation's) to the serious moral problems in the inner city that create these tragedies, and to avoid holding the individuals responsible accountable for their crimes. We don't want to blame the "victims" do we? If there are important lessons in the Michigan killing that need to be looked at, they are these: 1) Why were authorities unable to rescue the six-year-old murderer from his abusive environment, particularly since he had already shown himself to be a severely disturbed child? 2) Why were the felons in the crack house able to have guns at all, including a shotgun that was stolen? 3) Why did it take the press days to reveal that the shooter was black and his victim white? This last question applies with a slight twist to the shooting that occurred days later in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, where a black racist named Ronald Taylor went on a rampage that took the lives of three people. After three days of investigation, the FBI finally charged the racist killer with a "hate crime." What took so long? Why did the media, which normally promote not only the idea of "hate crimes," but of hate-crime legislation, have to wait for the FBI to make this designation? Why is the White House silent about this racial outrage? Why has no black leader denounced this hate crime? Where are Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, and their racially sensitive friends Bradley and Gore? The answer is they're too busy calling for a new gun law to add to the 20,000 already on the books, which the Justice Department refuses to enforce. They're too busy making political hay out of a Confederate flag which may be offensive to some, but which hasn't killed anyone so far. Mr. Sharpton is too busy persuading black Americans that a New York jury, whose foreman was black, administered "no justice" in the trial of four police officers acquitted of all counts of criminal misconduct in the case of Amadou Diallo. If any individual in America could be reasonably held responsible for the distrust and hatred of whites manifested in the Wilkinsburg rampage it is Al Sharpton. But it will be a long time before any "liberal" in the media or in the Justice Department makes that point. Instead, Justice Department officials in charge of racial issues
[CTRL] FBI misled Reno to get tear-gas OK, ex-agent alleged (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- From: http://dallasnews.com/waco/44054_WACO06.html FBI misled Reno to get tear-gas OK, ex-agent alleged Cautions about Waco quieted, he said 03/06/2000 By Lee Hancock / The Dallas Morning News © 2000, The Dallas Morning News A veteran FBI behavioral expert told a bureau lawyer in a 1995 interview that he believed FBI officials "misled" Attorney General Janet Reno to gain her approval to gas the Branch Davidian compound on April 19, 1993, a confidential document states. Retired FBI Agent Peter Smerick, whose psychological profiles were termed the best predictors of the Waco tragedy by experts and negotiators involved in the siege, told FBI interviewers that he believed "the FBI misled the attorney general by giving her 'a slanted view of the operation' in Waco." A 1995 report obtained by The Dallas Morning News says that Mr. Smerick blamed FBI headquarters for convincing the attorney general that using tear gas was the only way to end the standoff peacefully. He said that he and one of the FBI's top negotiators had by then "concluded that the best strategy would have been to convert the Branch Davidian compound into a prison and simply announce to [sect leader David] Koresh that he was in the custody of the United States. This idea was not endorsed, however." "Smerick speculated that FBI headquarters viewed this option as one which would have caused them to 'lose face' and therefore was unacceptable," the report said. Mr. Smerick, who retired from the FBI in late 1993 and now is a behavioral consultant in a firm of ex-FBI agents, could not be reached for comment. He has declined interviews, citing ongoing investigations by Congress and Waco special counsel John Danforth. Ms. Reno's spokesman declined to comment. The 15-page FBI report of Mr. Smerick's interview, written by the FBI general counsel's office, is labeled "attorney-client privileged and confidential." It has never before been made public, and lawyers representing the Branch Davidians in a federal wrongful-death lawsuit say they have never seen the document despite repeated requests for such information. The report states that Mr. Smerick based his allegation that Ms. Reno was misled on the fact that his five Waco profiling memos were not in the "briefing book" that FBI leaders gave her when they began lobbying her on April 12 to approve using tear gas. 'Last option' Those memos warned that using force against the Branch Davidians would intensify a "bunker mentality" in which "they would rather die than surrender." Mr. Smerick's memos also warned that the sect considered its home "sacred ground" and would "fight back to the death" if the authorities tried to go in. "The bottom line is that we can always resort to tactical pressure, but it should be the absolute last option we should consider," one memo said. Two of the most experienced negotiators in Waco, including the current head of FBI negotiations and crisis management, said in recent depositions that they agreed with Mr. Smerick's assessments and recommendations in Waco. Both testified that they shared his belief that punitive FBI tactics and impatience killed negotiations and kept many Branch Davidians from leaving before the final day. More than 80 sect members died when the compound burned. The fire erupted about six hours after FBI agents began spraying in tear gas and ramming the building with tanks. "I think we could've gotten more people out if there were better decisions," retired FBI Agent Frederick Lanceley testified. "I don't think we would have gotten everybody out. But I think we would've gotten more people out." Mr. Smerick's memos were so adamant about the danger of using force that they drew intense criticism from FBI leaders in Waco and Washington who favored tactical options, FBI records show. An administrative notebook kept by the hostage rescue team in Waco belittled his profiling of Mr. Koresh. One unsigned note in the notebook outlined Mr. Smerick's recommendations for ensuring "safety of children who are victims," and "facilitat[ing] peaceful surrender." It concluded: "psychological profile of a . . . [expletive] by jerks." New procedure On March 9, Mr. Smerick told FBI interviewers, he was called by his boss in Washington and told that his future memos must go to Washington before being read by commanders in Waco. Although no one plainly stated that he would be censored, Mr. Smerick said in 1995, he felt unmistakable pressure to change his advice. He added in the confidential interview that he believed that "the traditionally independent process of FBI criminal analysis . . . was compromised at Waco." Mr. Smerick told interviewers that he quit writing after submitting an "acquiescent" final memo that omitted previous cautions against pushing the sect and incorporated suggestions from his Washington boss for tactical pressure. He said he left Waco "in frustration" on March 17,
[CTRL] Cold Blooded Murder by Clinton and Reno: VIN SUPRYNOWICZ/Video contends Davidians were machine-gunned (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2000/Jan-23-Sun-2000/opinion/12805118.html Sunday, January 23, 2000 Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal COLUMN: VIN SUPRYNOWICZ Video contends Davidians were machine-gunned Is it possible David Koresh didn't lose his confrontation with the Godless state he and his followers identified as "Babylon," at all? Throughout their 51-day Texas standoff with the FBI in the spring of 1993, Koresh and his followers repeatedly compared their plight to that of God's people facing the "flaming chariots" of Babylon in the biblical prophesies of Nahum and Habakkuk. A follower says Koresh believed he would be the one to "bring down Babylon" by sacrificing himself and his denomination. Will it now turn out the Branch Davidians retain the power to reach out from the grave and smight their oppressors? After completing the documentary "Waco: The Rules of Engagement" -- nominated for an Academy Award -- researcher Mike McNulty continued to delve into what appeared to be the greatest mystery of Waco: Why would scores of perfectly sane Americans apparently choose to condemn themselves and their children to death by flames, rather than coming out and surrendering? Mr. McNulty appears to have found some answers -- at least to the extent anyone still can, given the determined after-the-fact efforts to bleach and bulldoze the "crime scene." Those answers are offered in "Waco: A New Revelation," directed by Jason Van Vleet. The documentary video is not strident. The new evidence is piled up in such a measured and matter-of-fact way that its full impact may not register without a second viewing. But at that point, any thoughtful viewer must wonder how willfully the Congress and populace of this country must want to ignore what really happened at Waco, to be able to close their eyes to facts like these: On the evening of Feb. 28, three Branch Davidians who had not been present for the initial BATF raid attempted to get home to their wives and children. They were intercepted and fired upon by 17 agents "dressed as trees." Two were captured, but Michael Dean Schroeder -- not charged with any crime -- was shot seven times and killed. As the other two Davidians were led away they report hearing two final shots behind them, in quick succession. An autopsy showed Michael Dean Schroeder had two neat bullet holes immediately behind his right ear. His body was left lying in the ravine for five days. Far from inviting an exodus and surrender, tapes reveal that by late March, FBI negotiators told the Davidians: "No one is authorized to come out of there for any reason. ... If anyone tries to come out, they will be treated in such a way that they'll be forced to retreat." Manning sniper post Sierra 1 in the "undercover house," Lon Horiuchi (who eight months before had shot the unarmed Vicky Weaver as she stood holding a baby in her kitchen in Idaho) swore he did not fire into the church on April 19. But other FBI agents swore they heard fire from his position, and four expended .308 shell casings were later found. At 9:02 a.m. on April 19, a Branch Davidian is spotted trying to exit the building across the roof. "Falcon 2," an FBI helicopter, is seen approaching in ground-level footage. It hovers, and muzzle flashes can be seen from its port waist gun. Other close-range video -- not high-altitude footage -- clearly shows full-sized machine guns in cradle mounts in the waist doors of the FBI helicopters, which the government long swore were unarmed. Branch Davidians Phillip Henry and Jimmy Riddle appear to have been shot behind the building at this time. Neither had soot in their lungs or carbon monoxide in their blood -- both died before the fire. An autopsy showed half of Riddle's body torn away, which the medical examiner said could have been consistent with "an encounter with a tank tread." The film's researcher, Mike McNulty, tells me the most likely scenario is that Henry and Riddle were shot behind the building by government agents around 9 a.m. Then, close to noontime, their bodies were bulldozed back into the church dining room by tanks, and the final government machine-gun assault began in earnest. At that point, ground level footage clearly shows men in Kevlar army helmets firing projectiles from an M-79 grenade launcher into the church's storm shelter. Seconds later, white smoke pours from the shelter. Though the government has consistently denied the Army's Combat Applications Force -- "Delta Force" -- was present at Waco, previously classified Army documents reveal that four Delta Force "observers" were deployed to Waco on March 21. Gene Cullen, a CIA senior case officer, reports "At (an April 14) CIA briefing, we were told there were more than 10, and that they would be actively participating" in the April 19 attack. Most
[CTRL] Echoes of Silent Assent, Part 2.
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- .. From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: Conspiracy Shopping Cart: http://a-albionic.com/shopping.html From: cecarl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Echoes of Silent Assent, Part 2. Date: Saturday, March 04, 2000 3:33 PM Unholy Alliance, the Celebrity Christians and the Republican Party The Celebrity Christian Right, led by Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition, which backs Bush, and Gary Bauer's Family Research Council, which backs Senator John McCain, now have center stage in the Republican Party power struggle. The Bush-McCain controversy over Christianity has exploded during the course of this 3 part series. It provides the necessary background to an understanding of why Christians, in spite of their acknowledged numerical strength, fail to elect our own kind to office. The Echo syndrome, that we accept whomever the Republican Party leaders' offering because "He is better than what you have now" resounded in San Diego in 1992 at the Republican National Convention. This time the compromised Republican leader was Bob Dole, who gave a weak affirmation to the pro-lifers but made no real commitment to the unborn. Again the phantom echo voices pleaded from the clouds: "Dole is not great, but do you want Clinton again?... Don't rock the GOP boat." The turning point for Bob Dole was the announcement of Christian Coalition's support followed by Jerry Falwell and James Dobson's Family Research Council. Again, Pat Buchanan was silenced in what was one of the most manipulated Republican Conventions ever held. Some Buchanan delegates were not allowed to vote on the floor, and several states did not even announce the Buchanan votes. Buchanan's pro-life speech was again never permitted even though he was the only serious challenger to Dole. In San Diego, as in Houston, the committed pro-life advocates, though largely excluded from the convention process, marched in the streets and picketed the convention. Operation Rescue volunteers hurried from clinic to clinic in buses, sitting in at abortion clinic doors under constant threat of the new, harsh federal FACE Act. At that very hour Dole was receiving his party's blessing, the Rescuers conducted a solemn funeral for a three pound aborted child found in a garbage can, and also mourned the Republicans' pathetic choice. None of these events were covered in the news. Throughout the campaign to follow, Bob Dole was silent about abortion. It was later revealed that Dole was guilty of a personal, hidden abortion experience outside of his marriage, and was effectively blackmailed by Clinton's campaign to avoid the topic or to face exposure. So Clinton's abortion record was never made an issue. Pro-abortion William Jefferson Clinton won another four years and again received less than half of the popular vote, as a sign of vulnerability that was never exploited. It was widely rumored and undenied that the Christian Coalition received a $2 million contribution from the National Republican Committee, to help support the Dole candidacy. Christian Coalition did not deny it, and pro-life members suspected a sell out. Who should the committed pro-life advocates blame for the procession of pro-abortion Presidents? Should the American people blame the "Always Republican and never wrong" commercial broadcasters, Ollie North or Rush Limbaugh? Should we blame Tom Brokow, Peter Jennings, the "20-20" producers or the opinion molders of the establishment press that strive to appear balanced while promoting the internationalists' agenda? Certainly, the propagandists are not to blame, for we know what they are, and we must expect their conduct. Should we blame the party leaders, the local state chairman, the local elected officials and legislators who go to the conventions as delegates, and who cast the votes on the convention floors? No, because there are politicians who blow with the wind and are expected to be influenced by state power brokers within the parties. None of these are responsible for the compromise of the Republican Party toward the pro-abortion forces . They should be influenced at the local level by pro-life activists. Who is responsible for compromising the overwhelming pro-life sentiment of the rank and file Christian voter? It is the ever present power traders of the Celebrity Christian Right and who over and over again accept the compromised Republican party agenda. They elect the candidates who have time and time again betrayed the pro-life cause, as did Robert Dole and George Herbert Walker Bush. A closer look shows that it is the Celebrity leaders of the Christian Right who have, in every recent election, swung the decision from conflict with honor, to compromise by shamefully weak candidates. In this series of "Heads Up!" we will examine some of these political Celebrity
Re: [CTRL] The new Calvinism: everyone is guilty
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- At 10:55 AM 3/5/00 -0800, nessie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Right. And I'm the Tooth Fairy. You COULD be! But you could also be just an ordinary fairy. People lie about everything on the internet. I have three that I care about. Two are guns. Come and get 'em. They're ready and waiting. I'll forward your message to Chuckie Schumer and Janet Reno. They should be by soon to get 'em. In the meantime let's both spare the readership of this list our personal differences. OK Nor do I have the time or desire to engage in dialog, public or private, with anybody who would defend Nazis in public or preach against opposing them by any means necessary. You're suggestion that I was defending "Nazis" is defamatory. I asserted that political points of view, including the "Nazi" point of view are protected under our Constitution. If you want to "kill all Nazis", you are an enemy of the Constitution. I was merely defending the Constitution against "enemies, foreign and domestic". Which kind are you? More despicable acts make a very short list. 1. The British Empire's introduction of opium to China 2. The British invention of "concentration camps" during the Boer War 3. Bolshevism 4. Lenin's "Great Terror": genocide of Christians 5. Lenin's "New Economic Program": genocide of the Kulaks 6. The Japanese "Rape of Nanking" 7. Bomber Harris' fire-bombing of Dresden, a target of NO military significance. Hundreds of thousands of refugees incinerated. 8. The Allied policy of "strafing everything that moves" in Germany: soldiers, livestock, women, children, orphans, Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, infants... 9. The Allied managed explusion of German civilians from the eastern territories: 17 million persons relocated, 2 million deaths from starvation. 10. Stalin's "Gulag": genocide of everybody 11. Mao Tse Tung's "Cultural Revolution": 20 million dead Chinese 12. Pol Pot's genocide of Cambodia 13. Haile Mengistu's genocide of Ethopians 14. The ongoing slavery and genocide of Christians in the Sudan 15. Twenty million "safe and legal" abortions in the U.S., a genocide that continues to this day. 16. Tens of thousands of safe and legal "partial birth abortions" in the U.S.: civilized people call it "infanticide". If a Nazi stormtrooper machine gunned a limousine full of Jewish doctors on the way to perform a partial birth abortion on a Harp Seal or a Giant Panda, who would be the hero and who would be the villain? How about if the doctors were aborting human beings? How about, if all the human beings being aborted were "people of color"? How about if they were all Bangladeshis? All Africans? All Haitians? All Hispanics? All White Christians? I'm sure you've never thought of any of this. Very probably, you only think what the television tells you to think. And the television tells you: "Nazi bad. Commie not bad." DBC A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Barry Chamish on: Raviv Trial (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 16:46:48 +0200 (IST) From: barry chamish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MICHAEL SPITZER [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Raviv Trial RAVIV DEFENSE IS THE TRUTH by Barry Chamish Since the Avishai Raviv trial is being held behind closed doors, or putting it in more accurate terms, since the Israeli public is being denied the right to know what is going on at Raviv's trial, I will do my best to follow the proceedings via the flimsy summations released to the public weekly. After the first two hearings, which began on Feb. 22, it is clear that the prosecutor Moshe Shiloh, as I previously predicted, is running the government's coverup. Raviv's lawyer Eyal Shomroni-Cohen complained bitterly that the state prosecutor is not releasing most of the documents requested for Raviv's defense. No surprise so far...but look at what Shomroni-Cohen is requesting I quote from the weekly newspaper Makor Rishon: Attorney for Shabak agent Avishai Raviv, Eyal Shomroni-Cohen has demanded a copy of the State Pathologist's Report on the death of Yitzhak Rabin. He also demanded copies of the other medical reports. He announced, "Until I see these reports, until I examine the actual murder, I won't sleep at night and will disbelieve the murder." The prosecutor has charged Raviv with not preventing Rabin's murder and Shomroni-Cohen observed that his client cannot defend himself unless the murder itself is examined. Although he has not claimed there was a conspiracy, Shomroni-Cohen stressed that, "A major question is raised within the documents." He added that the documents he is demanding challenge the accepted version of the Rabin murder. He pointed out that Rabin's daughter, the Knesset member Dahlia Rabin-Pelosoff stated that there is a clear contradiction between the State Pathologist's Report and those of Ichilov hospital. He accused the state prosecutor of denying him the documents based on the protection of personal privacy. He noted that the right to defend oneself in a court of law takes precedence over personal privacy. Well, well, well, well, well. Look who has discovered the Rabin assassination conspiracy thesis! And give Raviv's attorney credit for defending his client properly. If given access to the very same documents I have published in the Hebrew and Russian versions of my book Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin, Shomroni-Cohen will prove his client is innocent of not preventing Rabin's murder because Amir didn't commit the murder. If he wants copies of said documents, all he has to do is call me. We wish him good luck and some of us are going to press and press and press for this trial to be opened to the public and media. Please do your part. My good people, based on my recent experiences, the Jewish people are waking up and are demanding to know the truth. In the past two weeks I gave three lectures in the NY/NJ area to packed houses. Hineni House in Manhattan was filled to its back corridor, while 250 inquiring souls heard me at the Bnei Yeshurun Synagogue in Teaneck. I got on a plane home and a day later 250 people arrived for my lecture in Gush Katif. Since then, I have given my speech non-stop to audiences up and down the length and breadth of Israel and the invitations to speak keep pouring in. The court may be hiding the Raviv trial, the media may be covering it up, but the people want to know the truth already. Raviv's trial may be hidden but the issue of how Rabin really died will not go away until the facts are known. I leave you with two brief items recently relayed to me: 1. Edgar Bronfman is paying millions to send American Jewish college students to Israel for free under a program called Operation Birthright. He is selling the plan as a charitable gift to the Jewish people but many of the first 6000 who arrived in Israel are reporting that they were subjected to a sophisticated propaganda exercise designed to instill a love of the Israeli left and the unpopular "peace" process. Students complained that their requests to visit Judea and Samaria were turned down. One tour guide told me that the vast majority of the guides hired by Bronfman were from the far left and touted the "Peace Now" line to their trapped students. Bronfman is a leading member of the Council On Foreign Relations. He and two other CFR members, Lawrence Tisch and Henry Kissinger provided the initial funding for Ehud Barak's political career in 1995. 2. While it is known that Yitzhak Rabin's deal with Hizbollah after Operation Accountability included the right to kill IDF soldiers, it was widely reported that shelling Israeli towns or dropping Katyushas on them was forbidden by the pact. That is not precisely the case. Hizbollah agreed not to bomb almost all towns including Metulla, Nahariya, Rosh Hanikra, kibbutzim such as Dan and Daphne, etc. which support the Labor Party and whose residents are
[CTRL] China army ready to smash Taiwan splittists (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- China army ready to smash Taiwan "splittists" Updated 2:40 AM ET March 6, 2000 BEIJING, March 6 (Reuters) - China's military kept up the rhetoric against Taiwan on Monday ahead of the island's presidential election, with the main army newspaper saying troops were ready to "resolutely smash" any move towards independence. "Taiwan independence means war," blared the headline of a front-page commentary in the Liberation Army Daily, echoing a phrase used by a top Chinese general in a speech to parliament on Sunday. Central Military Commission vice-chairman Zhang Wannian said independence forces in Taiwan were "walking ever further down the road towards splitting the motherland." The Liberation Army Daily said the military were ready for battle to prevent such an outcome. "The millions of soldiers of the People's Liberation Army stand in full battle array and on high alert against Taiwan independence and splittist forces," the commentary said. It repeated a threat issued in a policy white paper last month that China would use military force if the island dragged its heels indefinitely on reunification talks. Previously, Beijing had threatened to attack Taiwan only if it declared independence or if it was invaded by foreign forces. "We will adopt any measures to resolutely smash any scheme to split China, and then realise the total reunification of the motherland," the army newspaper said. Taiwan is holding a hotly contested presidential election on March 18 in which one of the three front-runners, Chen Shui-bian, is the standard-bearer for a party that espouses independence. Taiwan independence featured as a major issue at the opening of the National People's Congress in Beijing on Sunday, with Premier Zhu Rongji warning China would not "sit idly by" and watch attempts by Taiwan to break away from the mainland. On Saturday, President Jiang Zemin threatened "drastic measures" if Taiwan delayed reunification talks indefinitely. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] Never Heard?
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Jamie quotes Odom:
Webb Hubbell and Hillary RodhamClinton. He is read the riot act, and cancels
his planned trip to Geneva the next week
Then Jamie adds:
The above is the only place I disagree. Never heard Hillary was atCardozo's
that
famous weekend.
In all due respect, Jamie. There are a number of things many of us have
never heard. This "tidbit" was printed in "Newsweak" the week after Foster's
body was found. Newspeak (okay, it's Newsweek) also quoted extensively from a
conversation between Foster's wife, Lisa, and Mack McLarty's wife, during
lunch at The Terrace restaurant in D.C., shortly after Foster's death. Lisa
mentioned the meeting to Ms. McLarty. In addition to Hillary and Hubbell,
George Stefanopoulos and James Carville were allegedly at the Cardozo estate.
Jamie, there's a lot more to this story. There's a big money-laundering
connection --- even beyond Systematics, Alltell, etc. It involved James
McDougal's Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan, and the White House's coverup
of Madison's involvement.
This is why Bill Clinton hand picked his old friend, Roger Altman (not to
be confused with ROBERT Altman, Clark Clifford's evil twin), as Deputy
Treasury Secretary in early 1993. Lloyd Bentson was the figurehead Treasury
Secretary, but he was too busy taking vacation junkets to even know what was
happening in 1993. Remember, the ATF is a Treasury agency.
Interestingly (and this is also unprecedented), Clinton ALSO named Altman
Acting Director of the Resolution Trust Corp. ("RTC"), the agency tasked with
policing financial institutions.
Now listen to this: Altman and Hubbell met frequently with Hillary and
Bill at the White House for "damage control," in connection with Madison.
Madison was a potential nuclear bomb. Clinton, Lasater, Stephens, Fulbright,
et al., were all using Madison to launder black money. A little RTC
investigator named Jean Lewis, was hot on the drugsters' trail. But the
investigation was squelched by Altman, who made sure that Ms. Lewis'
character was properly assassinated long before she was called to testify
before a congressional committee.
When Clinton gave the order to the ATF to attack the Branch Davidians on
February 28, 1993, Altman was in Waco, feeding "play-by-play" information
back to the White House. Why was Altman sent there to do that? Remember, he
was Deputy Treasury Secretary. The doddering Lloyd Bentson was in London,
probably trying to remember where he'd been the previous day.
This is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg though. All of this
information is in the manuscript I submitted to Ransom Mouse, Simon and
Garshuster, Recchnerry, and UnFree Press (my names for these chicken-shit
publishing houses). I pieced this information together from interviews with
ATF and FBI agents; from information supplied by a retired FBI agent who
collaborated with me on five of the 55 chapters; and from the Official
Reports of the Treasury and Justice Departments. (You'd be surprised at how
much incriminating material is in the agencies' own reports! Maybe because
I'm a lawyer I catch stuff, but I truly believe that anyone with scrutinous
eye can find the evidence. Blind squirrel that I am, even I find an acorn now
and then.)
Odom
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[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] Last Post
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This will be my last post today (I promise). The promise of an Arkansas
Development Finance Authority ("ADFA") was a plank in Clinton's campaign in
1994. It became law, through the lobbying efforts of Rose partner Webb
Hubbell, in January 1985.
ADFA was touted by Clinton as a panacea for the financial ills of minorities
and women in Arkansas. Clinton promised that long-term, low-interest loans
would be underwritten by ADFA, for women and minorities who had the
entrepreneurial spirit, but who were having difficulty obtaining funds.
The only loan actually underwritten by ADFA while Clinton was governor of
Arkansas, was a $2.5 million loan to a company called Park-O-Meter, which was
owned by Webb Hubbell's inlaws, the Wards. The Wards also owned a company in
Conway, Arkansas, that manufactured school buses. With the help of former
Sen. J. Wm. Fulbright, that company (I think it was called Ward Industries),
got a huge contract to build and sell buses to the Saudis. BCCI was involved
in that transaction.
What Park-O-Meter did with the money was convert some of its metal-tooling
apparati. It went from manufacturing parking meters, to manufacturing
conversion kits for the chambers of Colt AR-15, semi-automatic rifles. With
the kit, an AR-15 became an M-16 (which we used in Vietnam, and which,
because of the construction of the chamber and feeding mechanism, is
converted into a fully automatic weapon with the click of a switch near the
magazine).
I have it on pretty good information that Park-0-Meter's conversion kits
weren't sold to the U.S. Military. They were packaged and sold as part of
Iran-Contra. Ollie North supervised that aspect of the operations.
Now here's an interesting tidbit: The same manufacturers who were supplying
much of the weapons and conversion kits the CIA transported to the Contras,
for drugs and black money, also supplied the same contraband to the Branch
Davidians. That information can be pieced together easily from several
sources: transcripts of hearings, the government's own reports on the Branch
Davidian incident, and the initial reports filed by the McLennan County,
Texas, Sheriff's Office, with the ATF. FOIA is a great tool!
Oh yeah, ADFA WAS useful for one thing: laundering drug money using disguised
contributions to Clinton's goober-natorial campaigns. But that's another
story for another day.
Odom
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Re: [CTRL] Bill Richer emails
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- OK Bill, Thanks for responding. I've just noticed this apparant pattern, but it must be something else. Jim Condit Jr. -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Richer Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 12:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Bill Richer emails -Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- there is nothing different about my emails. Bill A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Monday #3
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SkeptiNews 000306c - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * PLEASE do NOT include the ENTIRE bulletin when you reply; cut/paste, eh? * Portal to notices, excuses, overflow, links: http://skepticon.pitas.com * No reptilioids attacked UK royalty during production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Experience California: http://www.intplsrv.net/jcems/californ.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Antichrist revelations - Cardinal says Antichrist is disguised as caring vegetarian animal rights activist. (BBC) A leading conservative candidate to succeed Pope John Paul II has warned that the Antichrist foreseen in the Book of Revelations is already among us. Kill vegan PETAs now, NOW!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_668000/668048.stm @ pope vs pope: http://www.truecatholic.org/ [ via http://www.ntk.net/ ] # It's Mardi Gras Time. NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mardi Gras partiers swarmed the French Quarter and lined the city's streets to grab beads thrown by oddly costumed people on parade floats. The party will last in heavily Catholic southern Louisiana and along much of the Gulf Coast until Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, traditionally the last day of feasting and celebration before Ash Wednesday the sacrifices of Lent. Has Antichrist crashed the party? See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564737762-7d0 # Rio's Carnival Kickoff - Naked Women, Flashing Lights, Drunken Orgies - everybody's favorite religious bacchanal has the usual rousing start: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_667000/667200.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_667000/667844.stm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Gene firm labeled a 'con job' (BBC) The head of Britain's leading human gene sequencing lab has attacked a private American firm's intention to patent genes as a 'con job' - and he's sorry he didn't think of it first: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_667000/667606.stm # Also - Biology's new world - building people animals to order: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_545000/545541.stm # Genome race hots up - immense power wealth at stake in outcome: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_533000/533765.stm # A great landmark in science - but aren't they all? Nothing minor: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_232000/232393.stm : Have you replaced your body's organic fibres with buckytubes yet? Can you reprogram genes to do the replacement for you, or will you need nanobots? Will you be virtually indestructible/immortal/omnipotent when it's done? # Nanotubes Show Promise From TVs To Velcro. Nanotubes, once considered the waste material that sat at the bottom of chambers used for making bucky balls, are being looked at with newfound respect by physicists, electrical engineers, and computer and materials scientists. Stuff of the future: http://sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/03/000306075508.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Dreamland Game. Bethesda Softworks will publish The Dreamland Chronicles: Freedom Ridge, the next game from Mythos Games, the original developer of X-Com. Freedom Ridge is a turn-based strategy game, combining a strategic overlay with a 3D tactical engine. Set in the future, the game is about humanity's last-ditch stand against alien invaders. As in X-Com, players will start off with little intelligence about the alien foes, and must research new weapons and vehicles to combat them. Players will also build new bases, scavenge for parts, and protect the surviving human population. According to Bethesda, the plot will involve such UFO-conspiracy staples as Area 51, alien abductions, and, of course, the mysterious Men in Black. Any Reptilioids? http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-3812,00.html # Reptile Diverts Royal - Rare lizard disrupts Queen's Australian plans: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_667000/667556.stm : Have Reptoids interfered with y'r plans lately? Have you become acclimated to Reptoids, Area 51, MIBs, cattle mutilations? Do your games program you? Have you received many implants? How much of you is human, how much machine? @ Cyborg Anthropology: http://eff.org/pub/Net_culture/Cyborg_anthropology/ @ Borgs 4 Dummies: http://landow.stg.brown.edu/cpace/cyborg/definition.html @ Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late 20th Century http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/Haraway/CyborgManifesto.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Fiddling With Human Behavior. (Wired) Researchers at Stanford are studying technology designed to persuade people to change the way they think act. What they're finding is pretty scary. You can be reprogrammed without much trouble, effort: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34526,00.html #
[CTRL] Branton's Nazi NWO files
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- I have some more Nazi UFO stuff coming shortly, from 2 other sources.One is by George Andrews who writes that Hitler was witnessed secretly liasing with Ets in Holland. Chapter titled Hitler's alien alliance from the book Exraterrestrial Friends and Foes.[9 pages] The other is by 2 Germans who wrote a book in the 50s about their flying saucer program.Tells how they managed to acquire their base in Antarctica. Branton says there are about 2 million of them down there now. They must have got their act together pretty fast during the war or maybe the Ets helped them. http://www.eagle-net.org/BrantonsFiles/naznwo21.html Lots here too. http://www.eagle-net.org/BrantonsFiles/ By Branton [PART 21] The following synopsis' of two books on strange aerial "contacts" appeared in 'THE COMPLETE BOOK OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENCOUNTERS', edited by Randall Fitzgerald (Collier Books/MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. New York, N.Y. 1979. In regards to these two works the term "extraterrestrial" may be intentionally misleading. -Wol): MATTERN FRIEDRICH -- 'UFO'S: NAZI SECRET WEAPON?' (1975. Samisdat, Ltd., Toronto, Canada): "GERMANY had a fleet of flying saucers in the experimental stages as early as 1940, according to these GERMAN authors. Two different UFO designs spawned prototypes, both operating on an electromagnetic propulsion method developed by Victor Schauberger (who invented the implosion motor) and manufactured by the Kertl Company in Vienna (Italy). The first flying disk actually flew on Feb- ruary 14, 1945. Piloted by two technicians named Schriever and Habermohl, it reached a speed of 2,000 km./hour. Because special heat-resistant metals had to be found, progress in development was slow. During flight, these craft came to be known as 'foo fighters,' or 'Kraut meteors,' by the American pilots, who were in awe of them. When the war ended and most other German secret weapons were captured by the Americans and Russians, the 'UFO' scientists and their craft escaped. "So did Adolph Hitler! He had no intention of committing suicide. He and his mistress, Eva Braun, along with Martin Bormann and a few other intimates, flew from Berlin at the last moment, arriving at a secret submarine base. Their bodies, of course, were never found in the Berlin bunker; only a pair of Eva's panties and a few bones. But there were lots of bones and panties in Berlin during those days, thanks to the 'saturation fire-bombing of German cities by U.S. Air Terrorists.' An armada of submarines took Hitler and his Last Battalion to Argentina, where Hitler's admirer Juan Peron was in power. From Argentina they established (actually it was already operational at that time. - Wol.) their saucer base in an Antarctic area known as New Swabia, first claimed by a Nazi expeditionary force in 1937. "Antarctica was an ideal place for a saucer base. It has no rust, germs, or decomposition, which would have appealed to 'a very health conscious, vegetarian Adolph Hitler.' From outside Germany they would continue the struggle, which was not for Germany alone but for 'the existence of the white man.' (except for, of course, the Allied 'White Men' who were killed by the Germ- an Nazi's during the war. - Wol.) "Hitler's escape had been discovered. In 1946, EIGHT countries undertook 'scientific work' in Antarctica, including Soviet, NORWEGIAN, and American contingents. The American force alone numbered 4,000 'SPECIALLY SELECTED ELITE U.S. NAVY TROOPS' on THIRTEEN ships, including an AIRCRAFT CARRIER, a DESTROYER, and a SUB- MARINE, under the command of Admiral Byrd. On nearing the secret Nazi saucer bases, 'vengeance was apparently swift' for 'the Fuhrer was not to be humored.' Four of Byrd's planes were lost without survivors. A secret German weapon known as the SOUND [SONIC} CANNON, which had been tested on pigs and, toward the end of the war, on Russians crossing the Elbe River, was allegedly unleashed on Byrd's troops, paralyzing many of them, bugging out their eyes, and causing them to run helter-skelter. Admiral Byrd abandoned his mission and sailed ho me. "WORLD WAR II IS NOT OVER. The more than forty 'police' action wars since 1945, spanning the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, 'were supposed to provoke a premature "showing of hands" by the Last Battalion.' When Admiral Byrd failed to lure Hitler from his ice bunker, in the process acknowledging 'the superiority of the UFOs and their secret weapons,' HE RECOMMENDED TO THE PRESIDENT THAT ANTARCTICA BE TURNED INTO AN ATOMIC TESTING RANGE. A strange thing then happened. An entire fleet of UFOs swarmed in the skies over Washington, D.C., for several nights in 1952, 'in perfect, typically German formation.' This demonstration of strength prompted America to abandon its planned nuclear devastation of Antarctica. "Occasionally these craft land to seek converts. The authors relate the experience of American grain-buyer Reinhold Schmidt, a German
[CTRL] FW: Minnesota update
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Dave Hartley http://www.asheville-computer.com/dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 8:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Minnesota update Here's the latest update from Minnesota!! Lynn - Dear friends of natural health care - Just wanted to update you on the exciting progress of HF 537, SF 689, the Complementary and Alternative Health Care Freedom of Access Act. This bill will eliminate the arbitrary and biased prosecutions of natural health practitioners on the grounds of "practicing medicine without a license." After successfully passing the Civil Law Committee last week, the bill Passed another big hurdle by passing the House Health and Human Services committee and being referred to the Health Finance committee. This was an exciting victory, fraught with tension and suspense. If you haven't been coming to these hearings, you're missing it! Quite a number of hostile amendments were introduced to stop, water down, or otherwise render our bill ineffective. They covered everything from the MnCare Tax, to legal responsibilities of parents who bring their children to alternative practitioners, to the definition of unlicensed practitioners, and the duty to refer and the right to continue service after doing a referral. Once again, our attorney/lobbyist Diane Miller, and our chief author, Lynda Boudreau did a great job speaking in opposition to these amendments, and the committee voted most, but not all, of them down. One amendment was brought by Rep Tom Huntley, DFL, Duluth, asking to Include language saying that complementary and alternative health care may not be as effective as conventional health care. Rep. Lynda Boudreau retorted, "Mr. Huntley, I am offended. That language is insulting to me and to the supporters of this bill. I have here a whole stack of letters from people testifying that they do not find natural health care to be less effective. And these are not some form letters sent out by some network. These are real people who really care about access to natural health care. I am offended, and I ask the committee to vote NO on this amendment."The amendment was defeated. On another note, the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice testified that they oppose this legislation because it does not establish a standard of care, and it does not establish educational requirements. Lynda Boudreau replied, "This bill is not about the Medical Board. It is not about medical doctors. It is about consumers, and consumers want to have access to these natural kinds of health care. And consumers are the folks who I have been elected to represent, not the Medical Board. Members of the committee, I ask you to vote YES on this bill." The bill was approved on a voice vote and sent to the Health Finance Committee. On Monday morning, at 7:30 am, the Health Finance Committee will vote on whether to provide the necessary funds for the Department of Health to have oversight over the natural health practitioners. In the Senate, our bill is tentatively scheduled to be heard in the Health Committee on Tuesday, March 7th, possibly at 10 am, Room 15 at the Capitol. Call 612 721 3305 to confirm this time and place. We need to pack this chamber for this important hearing. If you haven't written the Health Committee, there is still time to call every member on Monday, leave a message with the assistant asking for them to support SF 689. This is a BIG WEEK now. We need to pass all policy committees in the Senate by Friday, March 10th. This will almost certainly include the Judiciary Committee, so please get out your letter regarding your views on natural health care and mail copies to everyone on the Judiciary Committee. Do this today! Address it to the Chair, Senator Jane Ranum. We are over at the Capitol daily, educating legislators and negotiating this important bill. You folks have done an awesome job in the House of Representatives with your letters and calls and packing the chambers for hearings - now we need to do the same in the Senate. We have good momentum, and that alone speaks a lot to the Senators. DON'T SLACKEN IN YOUR EFFORTS NOW - WE ARE GETTING CLOSE! It is the voice of you consumers that have a tremendous impact on these legislators. Keep your letters and phone calls coming. Here's the committees - Minnesota Senate Health and Family Services Committee room phone (296) district Chair: John Hottinger-DFL-Mankato120 CAP 6153 24 Vice Chair: Becky Lourey-DFL-Kerrick G-9 CAP 0293 8 Linda Berglin-DFL-Minneapolis309 CAP 4261 61 Fridley306 CAP 2556 48 Steve Dille-R-Dassel 103 SOB4131 20 Michelle Fischbach-R-Paynesville
[CTRL] FW: A Small IRS Terrorism Project...
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Dave Hartley http://www.asheville-computer.com/dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 4:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A Small IRS Terrorism Project... This is an absolute shame... Re: IRS Terrorism Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:02:36 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A Small IRS Terrorism Project by Paul Stout This is a report of the continuing IRS operation to terrorize one old man and his wife. Paul Stout is 81 years old and is in feeble health as a result of a stroke and a heart attack. His wife is a house-bound invalid, suffering from celiac sprue, aortic aneurism, and other serious disorders. They live on Social Security and a small commercial pension which the IRS is threatening to levy. Now the IRS has obtained a US District court order to seize and sell our home of many years for alleged taxes. At issue was whether the IRS has ever made a lawful, procedurally correct assessment; that is, an assessment that conforms to statute and the Federal Tax Regulations. The government simply refused to produce any such assessment. The court ruled that a substitute document not conforming to the statutory requirements would suffice. The court refused to allow this issue of fact to be heard by a jury, as was our due process right. The judge admitted that he had the power to prevent the sale of our home "in order to protect a co-owner who is not liable" (my wife), in furtherance of the "innocent spouse" doctrine. But he refused to prevent the sale, thus making a mockery of the concept of "innocent spouse", and making my wife an innocent victim of the vindictiveness of the IRS. We cannot appeal these issues, because no lawyer would lift a finger for what we could afford to pay. The IRS claimed to Rep. Henry Hyde that it is powerless to intervene in the situation on grounds of hardship or for any other reason. This is not true. According to law, the Secretary or the Attorney General can intervene. The Taxpayer Advocate Office (Ombudsman) has complete authority to order the IRS to cease any action that is a hardship, or for any other reason. But in this case of manifest and serious hardship the IRS claims to be "powerless" to do anything. The eventual result of this "caper" will be to render two feeble old people homeless and destitute. Hardship? The IRS doesn't think so. Does anyone? Paul and Florence Stout 150 N. Main St., Lombard IL 60148 630-627-1421 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suggestions, comments, contributions, and expressions of support will be welcomed. If you want people to know what the government is doing in the people's name, please circulate this article. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] OT: Atmospheric oxygen concentration dropping ?
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Thanks, Vincent -- LOL! Very good point about amber's 'static electrical properties'. The amber (fossilized conifer resin) containing those ancient air bubbles could have been 'charged' by high energy particles in solar and cosmic radiation arriving through (prior- era) ozone holes over the polar regions. Remember that the poles have shifted and wandered about, and this accounts for the fossilized tropical vegetation that has been found near today's polar regions. Or, the amber may have been 'charged' by the negative ions in dry winds, or ozone resulting from lightning strikes. All resulting, as you've described, in "both the high percentage of oxygen and [the] elevated atmospheric pressure" within those ancient air bubbles -- which baffled scientists assume to be 'virgin ancient air'. Another one bites the dust ? Bill At 05:32 PM 3-6-2000 -0800, you wrote: Reid, Are we talking about ancient air trapped in amber? I would imagine that a certain amount of moisture is likely to be trapped too in the sap originating from the dank penetralia of primeval jungle. Amber has well known static electrical properties. Could there have been an uptake of hydrogen into the amber from any dissociated water. That which is taken up would have left behind higher pO2, and then more water would dissociate. Even though the reaction would be ultra slow it would be driven to the right over millenia. By Occam's razor you can account for both the high percentage of oxygen and elevated atmospheric pressure. The real disadvantage to this theory is that it is useless when trying to sell oxygen health products. Anyone want to buy some naturally hydrogenated amber? Vincent A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] radioforchange.com
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- Dear Dave or Bob, First of all, everyone should know that Working Assets is the evil phone company which brags about giving 1% of its customers phone bills to baby-killing Planned Parenthood, the anti-Christian network's legal arm, the ACLU, -- and the sodomite / homosexual lobby. I'd bet they censor out any worthwile causes the pet degeneracies. From their the e-mail from, I guess Bob, degenerated to disinformation. The Irving Trial is a libel suit against Deborah Lipstadt who is one of those "Shoah Business" Professional Holocaust Hollering Holies who believe that they can violate truth, cover up facts, and call anybody anything they want --- and Irving called her on her slander and libel. Some of her defenders who appeared on the CNN 15 minute piece that appeared a few weeks ago on CNN's SUnday night 9 PM program -- wailed that "in England you have to prove what you say" or something to that effect. GOOD! It's only the crooked case that allowed the New York Times to slander Sullivan years ago which allows todays deporable big media to slander people mercilessly (like Pat Buchanan) without getting sued. Anyway, Irving is NOT a Holocaust denier, i.e. does not deny that there were deplorable wide scale massacres of Jews during WWII in Nazi territories) -- there were, and the Zionist leadership was cooperating with Hitler to help bring some of it about (see The Transfer Agreement by Jewish Author Edwin Black from Amazon.com, and "Zionism in the Age of Dictators" which is on the web in toto if you punch the title into a search engine, to name just a FEW sources -- but Irving wants some historical balance brought to the debate. For instance, he didn't say that Auschwitz was Disneyland, he said it was a kind of macabre Disneyland, i.e. built to be a tourist attraction. That's right, built. And if you don't know that informed observers on all sides admit that the buildings on display of Auschwitz, in all essentials, have been built since the end of World War II. The writings of Robert Faurrison, a French socialist who just couldn't stomach the falsehoods being told by the Holocaust lobby for political and financial gain, just prove this beyond any shadow of a doubt, but quoting from anti-revisionist scholars, historians, and participants in the discussion who are disgusted with damage that the Auschwitz display are doing to their cause as the word leaks out. And the Irving Trial has put it on front and center stage world wide. Anyone interested will be able to get ahold of the transcripts on the internet or elsewhere now, or at least evenutally. Finally, it's funny to see unconcious "fascists" like Dave or Bob or both blowing a gasket over the elected officials like those in Jorg Haider's "far right" party ... uh, ... it's OK to intimidate elected officials out of office if you don't like their "far right" politics. YES, to the unconscious (or conscous?) fascists like Dave or Bob or both -- it is. And they don't seem to be concerned with their seething contradictions -- OR they do see them and are so d#%$ arrogant that they don't care --- which is why its just great to Irving exposing these blowhards worldwide. Incidentally, Holocaust is a burnt offering, the little Jews betrayed into the Nazi pincers movement by the Zionists were the Holocaust -- the burnt offering for the greater cause of scaring other eveyday Jews out of Europe and down to Israel (Zionism wasn't making any progress in Germany and Europe until Hitler took over with their help and started screaming anti-semitism, or, as Chaim Weizman said in the 1953, "What we could not accomplish in a century, misfortune (i.e. Hitler's whole act and program) accomplished overnight. One other tidbit for the hopefully expanding minds of the Bobs and Daves of the world: when Hitler took over in 1933 he banned every Jewish paper and JAILED every leader of those papers --- except one: the struggling, going-nowhere Zionist paper, which promptly became the only Jewish paper in Germany - and began to grow like wildfire. Then, after Hitler's screamed vociferously and ran his act for a while, Jews were given a chance to leave --- but Roosevelt, the most friendly President to the Jews next along with Clinton, had closed the US to Jewish Immigration from 1933 to 1945 -- forcing everyday Jews to go to Israel -- how conVENient for the Zionists! Ben Hecht's book, Perfidy (1961), is back in print at Amazon.com -- get it and read it if you want to get the full flavor of NaZIonist cooperation. Hecht, a Jewish Hollywood screen writer, and excellent writer, didn't know what to make of the betrayals of Ben Gurion and Chaim Weizman -- but its all there in his 1961 book. Finally, it's downright funny to see the Daves and Bobs of the world waxing horrified over any Jorg Haiders they can find in any nook and cranny in the world, -- while "toasting" the absolute domination of anti-Christ Jews like Chuck Schumer and
[CTRL] Fw: Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: Meager U.S. Response to Africa Floods]
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- No, Prudy, you certainly have not been in the South in many years if you think we are "still playing that Mister game." The woman probably misspoke and did not mean anything derogatory toward Alan Keys. I also doubt she represents the entire South, if she is even from it, It is very diversified and there is no consensus on much of anything. I am so weary of this stereotyping! If we are not all bigots, then we are a bunch of rednecks. PLEASE people, give it a rest! I encountered more racial bigotry during the five years I lived in the Midwest than I ever did in all my many years in the South. Also, we were FORCED to deal with racial problems more or less at gun point years ago and are well ahead of many areas of this country. I do not personally know of one person who would object to aid going to help people in Africa in this flooding. I also seem to remember your own democratic Jimmy Carter building houses with his own presidential hands, most of which go to black people. We have no towns like Herrin, Illinois, or Cicero, Illinois, where no blacks are allowed at all. We have whole counties with black majorities. Yes, we become impatient, just as you did in your very next post, when blacks do not take advantage of the opportunities that they have available to them. The drug/crime/incarceration rate is appalling but values and prejudices and bigotry are fairly uniform across this nation. I think it has been so for at least the last twenty years, maybe with so much time spent by children watching TV. Amelia - Original Message - From: "Prudence L. Kuhn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: Meager U.S. Response to Africa Floods] -Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- In a message dated 03/02/2000 9:32:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The official U.S. response has been meager: 140 tents, 6,900 blankets, 6,000 water cans and 160 rolls of plastic. Not much more than a small truck load. It certainly doesn't address the deep needs for medicine, health providers and repairing the roads, wells, water systems and public buildings that have been washed away. Few newspapers have given much coverage to this tragedy, although the flooding has been going on for three weeks as of this writing. Many climatologists believe that the warming trend in the climate, often called "global warming," is responsible for the increasing volatility of the weather. There is more energy in the atmosphere, which means more wind, more rain and more drought. Africa doesn't get a lot of concern from the "official" US Government circles. It will get worse if Bush gets into the White House. I was listening to C-SPAN a couple of weeks ago, and was astonished to hear a woman leader of one of the very conservative groups refer to Mr. Bush, Mr. McCain and Alan Keyes.I haven't lived in the South for years; I didn't know they were still playing the "mister" game down there, but they are. The Conservatives really want the South to be aware that they support their views. Sending a lot of help to a black nation would not impress the South at all. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'-with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds-is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts,
