Re: [CTRL] Has the Republican Party become hostile to the democratic process?
-Caveat Lector- On 19 Aug 2003 at 1:08, Eric Hoffsten wrote: What happens when a Democrat wins the presidency in 2004? Do we have any reason to believe that the right will ever accept that outcome? And to what lengths will they next go to refuse or overeturn it? Don't worry now they have touchscreen voting. It's easy. Trust the computer program. Duh. If you believe the above, you are a typical votor. This should be troubling to you if you are aware. Are you aware? -- Jimi Hendrix -- ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions 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, CTRLgives 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ctrl/A 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] NYTimes.com Article: China Readies Super ID Card, a Worry to Some
-Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trial balloon on a people who can't protest. [EMAIL PROTECTED] / advertisement ---\ Explore more of Starbucks at Starbucks.com. http://www.starbucks.com/default.asp?ci=1015 \--/ China Readies Super ID Card, a Worry to Some August 19, 2003 By DAVID W. CHEN BEIJING, Aug. 18 - For almost two decades, Chinese citizens have been defined, judged and, in some cases, constrained by their all-purpose national identification card, a laminated document the size of a driver's license. But starting next year, they will face something new and breathtaking in scale: an electronic card that will store that vital information for all 960 million eligible citizens on chips that the authorities anywhere can access. Officials hope that the technologically advanced cards will help stamp out fraud and counterfeiting involving the current cards, protecting millions of people from those problems and saving billions of dollars. Providing the cards to everyone is expected to take five or six years. But the vagueness and vastness of the undertaking has prompted some criticism that the data collection could be used to quash dissent and to infringe on privacy. The project comes at a time when China is doggedly remaking itself into a leaner economic machine in line with the standards of the World Trade Organization. But China is also struggling to track a restless and poor rural population that continues to gravitate toward the cities. So officials are no doubt gambling that the cards can help them juggle two important if conflicting interests: promoting economic liberalization, while monitoring citizens in an increasingly fluid society. There has been little public discussion or news about the new cards. Brief but rapturous accounts in the official press say the cards will protect citizens. Yet many of China's toughest critics, at home and abroad, are skeptical, objecting to the concentration of so much information at the government's fingertips. Given the record of the Chinese government on protecting the privacy of its citizens and given the prevalence of corruption, how can we ensure that this information will be managed properly? asked Nicolas Becquelin, research director at the Hong Kong office of Human Rights in China. It's scary what the Chinese government is doing, because there is no counterweight. The original identification card, introduced in 1985, contains such personal data as one's nationality and birth date and an 18-digit identification number. It also indicates a person's household registration, which has traditionally tied a person to his or her province of birth. In June, China's top legislative body, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, passed the National Citizen ID Law, approving the cards. They are to have a microchip storing personal data, but the face of the card is not to contain details any more personal than what is on the current cards. The cards are to be tested early next year, first in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Huzhou, a city in Zhejiang Province. The agency in charge of the program, the Ministry of Public Security, declined to answer written questions seeking details. But in an interview published in July with Cards Tech and Security, a magazine of the Smart Card Forum of China, a trade group, two Public Security officials, Guo Xing and Liu Zhikui, said the current cards were too easy to forge and did not take advantage of technological advances. They also said the new cards, which will feature a rendering of the Great Wall, would not look much different from the old ones. The ID card and the ID number are mainly going to be used to verify a resident's identity, safeguard people's rights, make it easier for people to organize activities and maintain law and order, Mr. Guo said. The use of electronic cards is not particularly new. Other governments and companies issue them. Hong Kong began issuing its own electronic ID cards in June. With the Olympic Games approaching in 2008, China expects a growing demand for various cards, including transit cards, bank cards and social security cards, said Jafizwaty Haji Ishahak, an analyst in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with Frost Sullivan, a consulting company. The social services cards that are to be phased in should be able to track all the government services an individual receives, from health care to welfare. If you want to live in the fast lane, you have to deal with technology, but you cannot have total freedom, said Frank Xu, executive director of Smart Card Forum of China, who is from Huzhou, one of the test cities. There have to be conditions. But detractors say freedom has a far different meaning in China, a place where security officials have never been shy about following or using listening devices on dissidents, journalists
Re: [CTRL] Has the Republican Party become hostile to the democratic process?
-Caveat Lector- Hey, we'll be lucky if they even bother with elections. Since the coronation of King George, I'm waiting for a kind of reverse Magna Carta in which the Constitution will be declared invalid. Republicans don't require a Constitution under which to govern. They just ask the nearest CEO what to do. Prudy www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions 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, CTRLgives 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""ctrl/A 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] Shh, don't tell anyone; we're running things
-Caveat Lector- Truth really does hurt. Prudy www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions 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, CTRLgives 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""ctrl/A 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] Provocation!! - Israeli Jets Buzz Assad's Summer Residence
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 8/16/2003 6:42:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Israeli fighter jets buzzed President Assad's summer residence in northern Syria in what was intended as a message that Hizbullah's attacks on Israel's northern frontier from south Lebanon must be curbed, state-run Israeli television reported early Saturday. Very normal activity for Israel. They've turned provocation into an art form. Prudy www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions 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, CTRLgives 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""ctrl/A 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] [JBirch] Television Station Censors Georgia Pro-Life Ads (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:25:54 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JBirch] Television Station Censors Georgia Pro-Life Ads Television Station Censors Georgia Pro-Life Ads http://www.lifenews.com/state83.html by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor August 13, 2003 Atlanta, GA (LifeNews.com) -- Despite showing pro-abortion ads at the end of 2002, an ABC affiliate in Atlanta has chosen to censor a non-graphic television commercial sponsored by Georgia Right to Life. GRTL officials say they were notified by their ad agency that WSB-TV, Channel 2, will not allow their commercial to air. Their ad, called Seed, was produced by Right to Life of Michigan and has aired on television stations across the country. The ad shows two seeds planted side by side. One seed is removed from the ground and becomes nothing while the other seed becomes a young child who is happy, active and playful. The commercial ends with a 1-800 number women can call for help with a crisis pregnancy. The as has been aired throughout the Atlanta media market on other networks and has been scheduled to air on WSB-TV since January. However, WSB-TV General Manager Greg Stone said the ad is too controversial. Yet, WSB-TV had no problem showing the pro-abortion ads of the National Abortion and Reproductive Action League (NARAL) in the winter of 2002. Georgia Right to Life President Caryl Swift told LifeNews.com, The action of WSB-TV has hushed the spirit of free speech. It's a disgrace that WSB watchers were allowed to see NARAL's [ad] last spring, but have been denied the viewing of a commercial promoting life. We do not understand why WSB would choose to censor this ad. Swift said her group is calling on pro-life Georgians to contact WSB-TV and express their outrage over the censorship. A 2002 editorial on the station's web site, written by Stone, encourages WSB-TV viewers to make a donation to the Atlanta United Way. Unfortunately, one of the program recipients of funding from the charitable organization is Planned Parenthood of Georgia. A local pregnancy center is also on the group's list. In 2001, there were more than 31,000 abortions performed in Georgia. Swift says the commercial would begin to reduce those numbers. ACTION: Call WSB-TV at 404-897-7000 and ask to speak with Greg Stone or his assistant Donna. You can send an email to the station through their web site at http://www.wsbtv.com/contact. You can also write to: WSB-TV, Channel 2, 1601 West Peachtree Street N.E., Atlanta, GA 30309. You can view the Georgia Right to Life ad Seed at http://www.grtl.org/ads/choose.php?id=5 --- LifeNews.com -- News source for the pro-life community. A HREF=http://www.LifeNews.com;http://www.LifeNews.com/A www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions 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, CTRLgives 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ctrl/A 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] Israeli Center Opened In Baghdad (How Nice)
-Caveat Lector- http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2003-08/16/article02.shtml Israeli Center Opened In Baghdad A cartoon published by Israeli MEMRI institute By Kamel al-Sharqi, IOL Correspondent BAGHDAD, August 16 (IslamOnline.net) An Israeli center said to be specialized in Mid Eastern studies was opened in the occupied Iraqi capital Baghdad, in a provocative move seen by Iraqi academics as the beginning of an Israeli scheme to infiltrate the Iraqi society. "Israel opened its center on August 1 at a large rented building in Abu Nawaas St. overlooking The Tigris river," they told IslamOnine.net Friday, August 15. The sources, who requested anonymity, said the center has already started operation, noting that it was the first Israeli center operating publicly in Baghdad since its downfall on April 9. The heavily-guarded building, they said, obtained work permits from the U.S. occupation authority in Iraq and the Pentagon. The Iraqis sources said the center is affiliated to the Washington-based MEMRI (short for the Middle East Media Research Institute), an Israeli association set up five years ago, with offshoots in London, Berlin and West Jerusalem. "Superficially, the center follows up Arab newspapers in the Arab world and Europe, particularly London, translates key articles into Hebrew, English, German, French and Italian and circulate them among subscribers, not to mention state-run Israelis institutions," they clarified. The sources put at 35,000 the number of subscribers, who receive MEMRI's services on a daily basis, adding that it is a non-profitable organization and employs dozens in its different offshoots. "MEMRI receives donations from Jewish and Zionist institutions from all over the world," they averred. Brian Whitaker, a Guardian writer, has investigated whether the 'independent' MEMRI is quite what it seems. He wrote on August 12, 2002, that MEMRI is "rather a mysterious organization. Its website does not give the names of any people to contact, not even an office address." Whitaker attributed "Memri's air of secrecy" to those who run it, noting that its co-founder, president and registered owner of its website, "is an Israeli called Yigal Carmon." "Mr - or rather, Colonel - Carmon spent 22 years in Israeli military intelligence and later served as counter-terrorism adviser to two Israeli prime ministers, Yitzhak Shamir and Yitzhak Rabin." The Guardian writer said that based on a retrieved now-deleted page from MEMRIs website archives, he came across the names of six people, "three - including Col Carmon - are described as having worked for Israeli intelligence." He added that another staff "served in the Israeli army's Northern Command Ordnance Corps." According to Whitaker MEMRIs co-founder is "Meyrav Wurmser, who is also director of the center for Middle East policy at the Indianapolis-based Hudson Institute. He noted, in this respect that the "ubiquitous Richard Perle, (former) chairman of the Pentagon's defense policy board, recently joined Hudson's board of trustees." Judging from the e-mails he receives from MEMRI, the Guardian writer concluded that "the stories selected by Memri for translation follow a familiar pattern: either they reflect badly on the character of Arabs or they in some way further the political agenda of Israel. I am not alone in this unease." He recalled that Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations told the Washington Times: "Memri's intent is to find the worst possible quotes from the Muslim world and disseminate them as widely as possible." Whitaker also challenged MEMRIs "claims that it does provide translations from Hebrew media, I can't recall receiving any." Foul Play A sample of Israeli-made products now invading Iraqi markets Dr. Anwar Abdu Aziz, professor of political sciences in Baghdad University, charged that MEMRI and its offshoots have sinister objectives. "Israel's underground goals in the Middle East are not a secret; this center is, in effect, a faade for intelligence and security bodies orchestrated by the Mossad (Israel's intelligence service)," he stressed. The academic urged the U.S.-handpicked interim Iraqi Governing Council to immediately shut down the Israeli center in Baghdad "because it will penetrate our security." For her part, Dr. Soad Bahudin al-Mousli from Al-Rafeden University, said Iraqis have never pronounced the word "Israel" and always referred to it as "the Zionist enemy." She wondered: "Who would have imagined that Baghdad would someday host a center serving Israeli plots and schemes?" Before the ouster of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, Iraq was the only country in the Arab world if not in the entire world to sentence anyone who imported Israeli products to capital punishment. "This is the product of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and reaffirms out conviction that Israel and the United States are two sides of the same
[CTRL] Author of N. Korea debacle rewarded
-Caveat Lector- Can North Korea be bought off? Reiss, long-time CFR member, seems to think so. Or is he just one of the "good" cops? This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34161 Tuesday, August 19, 2003 Author of N. Korea debacle rewardedReiss helped broker pact that gave Pyongyang nuke technology Posted: August 19, 20031:00 a.m. EasternEditor's note: WorldNetDaily is pleased to have a content-sharing agreement with Insight magazine, the bold Washington publication not afraid to ruffle establishment feathers. Subscribe to Insight at WorldNetDaily's online store and save 71 percent off the cover price. By J. Michael Waller ©2003News World Communications Inc. The man who helped engineer the Clinton administration's failed attempt to buy off North Korea with fuel and nuclear-power technology has been appointed head of a small but powerful office in the State Department. Mitchell Reiss helped start and manage a multinational organization devoted to giving nuclear technology and oil to the North Korean regime during the Clinton administration. The idea, hatched during the first Clinton term, was to try to convince North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a Stalinist, to stop building nuclear weapons. The policy was a failure. With U.S. policy toward North Korea a shambles after Pyongyang announced it had built nuclear weapons anyway, and with it threatening war against the United States almost weekly, Secretary of State Colin Powell has named Reiss to head the sensitive Policy Planning Staff, the State Department unit responsible for long-term strategic planning. Advocates of Reiss, a scholar who has written extensively on North Korea and nuclear proliferation, call him a visionary with firsthand, tough-minded experience with Pyongyang. His talent is needed, they say, at a sensitive time when the world is hurtling toward a nuclear showdown with one of the two remaining legs of the Axis of Evil. Reiss replaces former Brookings Institution figure Richard Haass, who left the State Department to become head of the Council on Foreign Relations. With Haass, the representative of Eastern Establishment foreign policy gone, critics say that just about anyone at Policy Planning would be an improvement at such a critical time. But does Reiss share President George W. Bush's vision of how to fight terrorist regimes and safeguard U.S. interests? Insiders say the record suggests not. Reiss' scholarship shows a conventional and widely criticized approach to arms control that places faith in paper agreements and confidence-building measures at the price of propping up the very dictatorships that are part of the problem in the first place. Using the same language Soviet agent of influence Harry Hopkins had used about Josef Stalin, Reiss told skeptical congressmen in 2000 that, indeed, we can "do business with Pyongyang." The president rejects such reasoning. "I think that one of the things that is important to understand in North Korea is that the past policy of trying to engage bilaterally didn't work," Bush said at a July 30 news conference. "In other words, the North Koreans were ready to engage but they didn't keep their word on their engagement. And that ought to be a clear signal to policymakers of what to expect with North Korea." Just a few days before on July 21, Powell had installed Reiss a dean at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., with experience on the National Security Council staff and as a consultant to the Ford Foundation in his post. Reiss tells Insight that he can't comment yet on North Korea policy questions, saying he has to settle into his new position at State. "I'd prefer to defer all these questions until later," he says. Asked how he could square his long-held North Korea policy position with that of President Bush, Reiss explains, "The president's approach is to seek a diplomatic solution, so that's what I'm here to do." Reiss recognizes that Kim's regime is bad. "North Korea is the world's poster child for rogue regimes," he told Congress in testimony three years ago. "This dysfunctional country excels in only one area it exports trouble." But Reiss represents the old-think of the foreign-policy establishment, critics say. "The collapse of communism and the fight against nuclear proliferation and terrorism show that doing
