[CTRL] [Fwd: Third Veteran U.S. Diplomat Quits Over Iraq War]

2003-03-21 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- THIRD VETERAN US DIPLOMAT QUITS OVER IRAQ WAR AFP Thursday, March 20, 2003 http://www.prolog.net/webnews/wed/aa/Qiraq-war-us-diplomat.R6d2_DMK.html WASHINGTON, March 20 (AFP) - Another veteran US diplomat has resigned from the State Department in protest over President George W.

[CTRL] Fox News Goes to War - This is a good one!

2003-03-21 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Greetings from the Center for an Informed America (http://davesweb.cnchost.com/). Please forward this newsletter widely. If this was forwarded to you and you would like to receive future mailings, e-mail (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) a request to be added to this mailing list.

[CTRL] Now, I Am the Terrorist - William Rivers Pitt

2003-03-22 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Now, I Am the Terrorist By William Rivers Pitt From: http://truthout.org/docs_03/032303A.shtml t r u t h o u t | Perspective Friday 21 March 2003 The city of Baghdad, founded in 762 A.D. under the name Madinat as-Salam – 'City of Peace' – is this day a lake of fire. The

Re: [CTRL] Fwd: [I-S] (fwd) [osint] Dreher: Ex-Friends

2003-03-22 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- What I find most puzzling about the pro-war camp is it's obtuse refusal to look at the REAMS of evidence that has been provided - REPEATEDLY, from many different sources on the right as well as the left. that the Bush excuses for this war are based on nothing but LIES! The

[CTRL] [Fwd: Poem]

2003-03-22 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- TELEPHONE CALL ©2003 Margery Coffey My friend called today Native American Vietnam Vet Marine Corps Enlisted 1966-1968 Proudly he told me Of his new anti-war sign Beside his house On the highway north Casually he asked Any news from the war? They are using napalm I replied I

[CTRL] [Fwd: Re: Support Our Troops]

2003-03-22 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- This one whoops-ass on the whole support the troops horsepucky! (warning - Stan doesn't mince words here, colorful ones included) I think Stan Goff just put an end to that support the troops idiocy. --paul, webmaster http://globalcircle.net peace and liberty, sustainability and

[CTRL] The Neocon Dream: Iraq Just the Beginning

2003-03-23 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- From The American Prospect website: Just the Beginning Is Iraq the opening salvo in a war to remake the world? By Robert Dreyfuss Issue Date: 4.1.03 For months Americans have been told that the United States is going to war against Iraq in order to disarm Saddam Hussein, remove

Re: [CTRL] BREAKING - Tariq Aziz Fingered Saddam Hussein For Death!

2003-03-23 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- William Shannon wrote: -Caveat Lector- http://www.friendsofliberty.com/ Tariq Aziz Fingered Saddam Hussein for Death by Todd Brendan Fahey 03/23/03 01:13 AM Confidential Intelligence sources now report that Tariq Aziz, long-time aide to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and

[CTRL] [Fwd: Oregon Bill Could Give LIFE In Prison To Peace Protestors]

2003-03-23 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- The climate in this country just gets more and more bizarre every day. Unbelievable! More good news.. Oregon Bill Could Give LIFE In Prison To Peace Protestors From Louanne M. From Tom Atlee

[CTRL] Brazen Deceit, Lying And Corruption Of Iraq War News

2003-03-23 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Brazen Deceit, Lying And Corruption Of Iraq War News By Cheryl Seal 3-23-3 Disinformatiion By The Corporate Media Is A War Crime As the Bush War escalates, so does the intensity and wantonness of the propaganda disseminated by the corporate media. Overnight, it has cross the

[CTRL] War games vs. war reality

2003-03-30 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- I remember when there was all that buzz about Millenium Challenge 2002, here's a link for their original page laying out the goals and plans (to a point) of the operation, from the Joint Forces Command: http://www.jfcom.mil/about/experiments/mc02.htm When news began trickling out

[CTRL] [Fwd: Stan Goff - a VERY important read/analysis of just where the US military now stands in Iraq]

2003-03-30 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Li Saavedra wrote: Thanks to John Kaminsky for passing this on. I don't have a URL or an email for Stan Goff and would appreciate them from anyone who might. Lisa, quoting: MILITARY MATTERS War Bulletin #2 Visions Revisions March 28,2003 Stan Goff There have been two

[CTRL] ALLIED GENERALS DRAW UP NEW BATTLE PLAN

2003-03-30 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- From the Mirror UK: ALLIED GENERALS DRAW UP NEW BATTLE PLAN March 30, 2003 From Richard Wallace Us Editor In Washington http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12788059method=fullsiteid=50143 IT has all begun to go horribly wrong for Donald Rumsfeld. The White

[CTRL] [Fwd: Winning the Hearts and Minds of Americans]

2003-03-30 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Winning the Hearts and Minds of Americans: The Battle for Democracy in Our Homeland March 31, 2003 A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL First in a Series of BuzzFlash Editorials Part I: The Infallibility of America's God King He's done it again. The man who oversaw the launching of a war

[CTRL] [Fwd: Drunken Bush chews out generals for losing 'his war']

2003-03-31 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- This one is a MUST READ! Forward: This piece is quite extraordinary. If only the scenario he outlines could come to pass! The author, Wayne Madsen, is a Washington, DC-based investigative journalist and columnist. He wrote the introduction to Forbidden Truth. Madsen can be

[CTRL] [Fwd: essay by Arundhati Roy]

2003-04-03 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- One of my favorite writers! Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates How many children, in how many classrooms, over how many centuries, have hang-glided through the past, transported on the wings of these words? And now the bombs are falling, incinerating and

[CTRL] [Fwd: Molly Ivins: Another giveaway to the corporations]

2003-06-02 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- RELEASE: THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2003, AND THEREAFTER AUSTIN, Texas -- This is a gross scandal. The Center for Public Integrity has a stunning study out on the concentration of ownership in telecommunications. The even more stunning news is that the Federal Communications Commission,

[CTRL] A nation of victims

2003-06-24 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- An insightful explanation of how Bush is manipulating the public consciousness and what is needed to combat it successfully. A Nation of Victims By Reanna Brooks, The Nation June 22, 2003 George W Bush is generally regarded as a mangler of the English language. What is

[CTRL] This Is What A Guerilla War Looks Like

2003-07-04 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- A distressing description of what our soldiers are now being forced to deal with in Iraq. There is an apparently organized resistance to the occupiers reaping their benefits from Iraq's oil, but unfortunately the Iraqi citizens are also suffering from this plan. The way things

[CTRL] The need to make the best choice possible for our future

2003-07-05 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- It has been stated many times by many folks that there is no real two-party system operating in the U.S. any longer, that the choice given to Americans on voting for either a Democrat or Republican has become a total sham. There are also many of us stating that we MUST vote for

[CTRL] I think we're pumping oil out of Iraq to pay for this war.

2003-07-05 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- A VERY interesting article: Palm Bay man has eye for detail Meteorologist's work featured in national weather magazine By Billy Cox FLORIDA TODAY Jun 3, 5:52 PM http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/peoplestoryA1172A.htm On May 25, while scanning the Air Force Defense

[CTRL] [Fwd: The New America]

2003-07-05 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- So THIS is what Americans were celebrating yesterday? I, for one, did not celebrate. I mourned. goldi July 4, 2003 http://www.counterpunch.org/cassel07042003.html Fenced Out on Independence Day Fucking Furious on the Fourth By ELAINE CASSEL On July 4, 2003, I took my

[CTRL] Mr. Bush, You Are A Liar

2003-07-10 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Mr. Bush, You Are A Liar By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Perspective Friday 11 July 2003 There was a picture on the front page of the New York Times on Tuesday, July 8. It showed several American soldiers in Iraq sitting in utter dejection as they were informed by their

[CTRL] Broken Promise - why a member of the Iraqi Reconstruction and Development Council resigned

2003-07-19 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Broken promise America's approach to governing Baghdad has failed to involve Iraqis, says ISAM al-KHAFAJI, who returned home to help rebuild his country From Friday's Globe and Mail POSTED AT 4:31 AM EDT Friday, Jul. 18, 2003 On July 9, with deep sorrow, I respectfully submitted

[CTRL] Weapons Of Mass Stupidity

2003-07-19 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- This is the article that caused an FBI visit for it's reader: Weapons Of Mass Stupidity Fox News hits a new lowest common denominator BY HAL CROWTHER - NEWS COVER 06.04.03 It's the inviolable first rule of democracy that all politicians will praise the wisdom of the people -- an

[CTRL] [Fwd: Careful: The FB-Eye may be watching]

2003-07-19 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- This sounds like a TIPS or Cat-eyes action, probably a rabid Faux News fanatic calling in the tip. ~~ goldi Careful: The FB-eye may be watching Reading the wrong thing in public can get you in trouble BY MARC SCHULTZ 7-17-03 (Published in Creative Loafing:

[CTRL] An Age Of Lies

2003-07-19 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- An Age Of Lies http://www.rense.com/general39/ageoflies.htm Exclusive By Michael Rivero [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7-14-3 The latest joke making the rounds on the internet is that truth has become so valuable that the government has embarked on a conservation program. Lying is

[CTRL] [Fwd: moonwatcher]

2003-07-19 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Yet another area of concern that bears watching... - Original Message - From: ninafeather Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 11:06 PM Just who is this incredibly bizarre man? Quick - who owns an immense, country-sized parcel of land in South America, with a camp that holds

[CTRL] Notes from the ground - Baghdad

2003-07-22 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: from K8 who's got problems posting to MRN Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 03:54:27 -0400 From: Claude Véziau A bit of news from Iraq, from an ONG worker on site. Harmony, Claude Véziau, - Original Message - From: Sooz Sent: Tuesday,

[CTRL] FW: Check out The Truth Seeker - Uday and Qusey Dead. Again

2003-07-23 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Uday and Qusey Dead. Again Venik www.aeronautics.ru In just a few short months since the beginning of the latest Iraqi campaign the US forces claimed to have killed Saddam Hussein on at least four different occasions. The number of false claims of Saddam’s demise was only

[CTRL] [Fwd: ** The Psychotic Hawks of the Bush Administration are a Threat toWorld Peace]

2003-01-20 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- More and more, their true objectives and reasonings for this insanity are coming out into the mainstream... January 21, 2003 http://www.buzzflash.com/buzzscripts/buzz.dll/sub A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS A BuzzFlash reader sent us the following exchange from CNN's Capital

[CTRL] The bogey man of 'anti-Americanism'

2003-01-20 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- The bogey man of 'anti-Americanism' Printed on Monday, January 20, 2003 @ 00:37:50 EST http://yt.org/article.php?sid=1005 By Matthew Riemer YellowTimes.org Columnist (United States) (YellowTimes.org) – The term anti-Americanism, like its cousin anti- Semitism, has become the new

[CTRL] [Fwd: Real State of the Union]

2003-01-23 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- This is definitely worth checking out. At the link provided below, you can download pdf versions of the poster, but due to the dark colors and tiny print, it would probably be better to spring the $15 to buy the real thing. I've included a few of the 13 categories with their

[CTRL] Role reversal: Bush wants war, Pentagon urges caution

2003-01-23 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- There's hope for us yet... From Capitol Hill Blue CHB INVESTIGATES. . . Role reversal: Bush wants war, Pentagon urges caution By DOUG THOMPSON Jan 22, 2003, 01:18 Senior Pentagon officials are quietly urging President George W. Bush to slow down his headlong rush to war with

[CTRL] THE NATURE OF AMERICAN DENIAL-PEOPLE FEAR TO FACE REALITY

2003-01-23 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- This excellent little article sheds light on the apparent inability of most Americans to see the reality of our situation. Some excerpts: (...) For all the sidestepping, dance arounds, word games, and confused rhetoric, the term government is easily defined; not by subjective

[CTRL] New York Times: Bush Pushes Tax Cut as Small-Business Aid

2003-01-23 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Bush Pushes Tax Cut as Small-Business Aid January 23, 2003 By ELISABETH BUMILLER ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22 - President Bush pushed his economic plan in an important political swing state today, saying it would benefit America's small-business owners and was not a giveaway to the rich.

[CTRL] Impassioned response to a negative journalist on the anti-war demonstrations

2003-01-23 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- For the most part, media response to the anti-war demonstrations last weekend was surprisingly positive, and it’s had a good impact on American (and I believe international) public opinion. But there will always be a few negative reports made. Although I haven’t seen the

Re: [CTRL] Iraqi Opposition Exposes Iraqi Homeland Defense Plans

2003-01-24 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Euphorian wrote: -Caveat Lector- January 24, 2003 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-553590,00.html Documents 'show Saddam's chemical plans' by pa news Iraqi documents obtained by the BBC appear to suggest that Saddam Hussein is preparing to use chemical weapons

[CTRL] [Fwd: Bush is losing it/Alternet]

2003-01-24 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- The whole house of cards seems to be tumbling at a rapid rate. Next week should see a release of the tensions that have been building to their highest levels since this whole thing started. Will it be a gentle release or an explosive one? It appears that it will all depend on

[CTRL] [Fwd: Iraq Faces Massive US Missile Barrage]

2003-01-24 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- If I'm not mistaken, this plan also breaks all international laws regarding the targeting of civilian infrastructures. Of course, that shouldn't matter to this administration since they have refused to participate in the International Criminal Court for this very reason. This

[CTRL] Are we itching for war or just really stupid?

2003-01-26 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Good question! Are we itching for war or just really stupid? By Chuck Sigars Special to The Times Back in the late 1970s, Steve Martin did a comedy routine in which he reminded the audience that we now live on a different planet. Don't you remember? he'd ask, describing some

[CTRL] Clear-cutting the middle class

2003-01-26 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Clear-cutting the middle class By H.N. Arendt Online Journal Contributing Writer Today is history. For six centuries there has been a Jewish Kraków. By this evening, those six centuries will be a rumor. They never happened. Today is history.—S.S. Commandant Goeth (Schindler's

[CTRL] Bush on health care—the epitome of fuzzy logic

2003-01-26 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Bush on health care—the epitome of fuzzy logic By Regina Varolli Online Journal Contributing Writer http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/Varolli012303/varolli012303.html January 23, 2003—The cost of health insurance in the US continues to rise. The cost of my own individual

[CTRL] Are you a 'friend of freedom?'

2003-01-26 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Good commentary. This would be a good one to download the pdf version and print copies for offline distribution. Are you a 'friend of freedom?' By Linda Heard http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/Heard012303/heard012303.html January 23, 2003—That's it folks! The leader of

[CTRL] The US may be the big bully on the block, but...

2003-01-26 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Think again if you thought the other countries would show principle. Their leaders are just as corrupt and self-serving. One by one, they'll probably all negotiate to agree to this criminal action for their share of the spoils. This is sickening! Sunday Herald - 26 January

[CTRL] I'm losing patience with my neighbours, Mr Bush

2003-01-27 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Well, if it's good for George, why not for everybody? An excellent expose on the insanity of the shrub's reasoning for bombing Iraq... http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,882459,00.html I'm losing patience with my neighbours, Mr Bush Terry Jones Sunday January 26,

[CTRL] Bizarre and creepy story of the day...

2003-01-27 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Now I wonder who put THAT in there??? 'I Hate You': Vancouver family finds surprising message in baby's toy Saturday, January 11, 2003 By MARGARET ELLIS, Columbian staff writer Blanche Skelton was feeding her baby when she heard something besides the soothing sound of ocean

[CTRL] [Fwd: petition - NO TO WAR]

2003-02-02 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Thanks to someone who forwarded this with a helpful translation. It's worth it to go and sign this petition and it shouldn't take long! --- Forwarded Message Follows --- URGENT! Please read this appeal to the French President. If you agree with it, then go to this

[CTRL] Ordinary Americans Think OBL And Saddam Are Same Man

2003-02-02 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Guess this makes us extraordinary, eh? :-) Ordinary Americans Think OBL And Saddam Are Same Man By Paul Lashmar and Raymond Whitaker The Independent - UK 2-1-3 When did the war against terror become a campaign against Saddam Hussein rather than Osama bin Laden? Less than a

[CTRL] Military Power Threatens the Planet-Wisdom Hasn't Advanced with Technology

2003-02-02 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Military Power Threatens the Planet Wisdom Hasn't Advanced with Technology by Alwyn Moss Published on January 24, 2003 by the Roanoke Times (Virginia) WITH EVERY passing day, the likelihood of war in the Gulf region grows despite the efforts of many people, in and out of the

[CTRL] Dave's Newsletter #28: Special 'Conspiracy Theory' Edition, Part II

2003-02-02 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- I was wondering what was taking Dave so long! At long last, Part 2 of his Conspiracy Theory article, and an excellent one at that: Greetings from the Center for an Informed America (http://davesweb.cnchost.com/). Please forward this newsletter widely. If this was forwarded to

[CTRL] Newsletter #29 - 'Conspiracy Theory' Edition Part III/GWB Midterm Report

2003-02-03 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Greetings from the Center for an Informed America (http://davesweb.cnchost.com/). Please forward this newsletter widely. If this was forwarded to you and you would like to receive future mailings, e-mail (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) a request to be added to this mailing list.

[CTRL] Smoking Gun anyone?

2003-02-05 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Looks like this UN Council meeting could get interesting... Feb 5, 2003, hrs (FTW) – There has been no corroborative evidence shown anywhere to establish a link between the secular regime in Baghdad and the Islamic fundamentalist Al Qaeda. If it never existed in the ten

[CTRL] [Fwd: Open Letter to the UN about Colin Powell]

2003-02-05 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0204-07.htm Published on Tuesday, February 4, 2003 by CommonDreams.org An Open Letter to the U.N. about Colin Powell by Dennis Hans Greetings, members of the United Nations. I am writing on the eve of Secretary of State Colin Powell's

Re: [CTRL] THE REAL ACTION IS IN THE RE-ACTION

2003-02-05 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- "If the Save Saddam Movement is successful" This is absolute and total BUSHIT! Just for the record, the aim of protestors is NOT to "save Saddam", it's to save everybody else on the damn planet! This is just another psy-op to keep people divided. Trash. William Shannon wrote:

[CTRL] [Fwd: Who Cares What You Think?]

2003-02-06 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- This writer hits the nail on the head. I still think Bush is sociopathic. ~Joe Bush to America: Who Cares What You Think? http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/02/06_Whocares.html BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY by Daniel Gilbert President Bush does not want the American

[CTRL] [Fwd: 'We decided not to run it...']

2003-02-07 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- The complicity of the mass media just makes me want to puke! They are as much criminals as the animals controlling the power centers of this government, and should be charged with aiding and abetting. I'm so angry I can't even find the right words to express it!

[CTRL] News of Bogus UK Intelligence Report Sweeping the Planet (U.S. Immune)

2003-02-07 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- I would dearly love for someone to prove me wrong and come forward with a U.S. media coverage of this story. Instead, I see the country being put on Orange alert for terrorist attacks while the bellicose war talk continues unabated and the media reports every bit of foul air

[CTRL] [Fwd: On The Verge of Amageddon: World War III May Just be Around the Corner]

2003-02-08 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- So dark, and yet too true... http://buzzflash.com/buzzscripts/buzz.dll/content A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY By Stephen V. Kane Few have said it yet. Somebody needs to. We are on the verge of WWIII. The signs are here. Armies massing in a tinderbox around the oil fields of

[CTRL] Remembering the War in the Gulf on TV

2003-02-08 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- From Counterpunch (headline article, no direct link, so go here: http://www.counterpunch.org/ ), a long but important article on how the government manipulates us through the media (also known as the Fifth Column of government). This is how they do it, folks, and why it's so hard

[CTRL] [Fwd: New York Times *finally* has to admit dossier sham]

2003-02-08 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- I'm going to have to guess they got overwhelmed with messages raising a brouhaha about this story and realized they couldn't ignore it anymore. They knew they couldn't keep it hidden any longer. This is their token to objective journalism, and I sincerely doubt we'll hear much

[CTRL] NYT - Rumsfeld Rebukes U.N. and NATO on Approach to Baghdad

2003-02-08 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- From the below article: The influential Der Spiegel weekly, in advance copies released today, reported that France and Germany were considering a plan to deploy thousands of United Nations peacekeepers and hundreds more weapons inspectors to prevent military conflict in Iraq.

[CTRL] New Anti-Terror Bill: Critics Cry Foul

2003-02-09 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- I suspect there is going to be a witch-hunt conducted in this oh-so-secretive department to find the one who leaked this document! I hope they are never found... New Anti-Terror Bill: Critics Cry Foul CBS News Saturday 08 February 2003 WASHINGTON | The Justice Department is

[CTRL] [Fwd: Orwell that Ends Well]

2003-02-09 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but for what it's worth... I will be putting this into a simple printable format to share with friends who get their news exclusively from these sources. I can only hope they read it, but one of the things I've noted about this

[CTRL] Shuttle WAS Carrying Radioactive Materials - TX Sheriff

2003-02-09 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- SIGH Well, I suppose I really shouldn't be surprised. Anyone in the shuttle disaster area needs to take note of this one. If you know anyone in these areas, let 'em know asap! goldi Forwarded ** Shuttle WAS Carrying Radioactive Materials - TX Sheriff

[CTRL] [Fwd: Yellow Times shut down]

2003-02-10 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- OMG! THIS one caught me COMPLETELY by surprise! This site was one of the BEST sources of info!!! I'm speechless... g The well known alternative news site YellowTimes.org was shut down by its hosting company. Such is the nature of Free Speech in America. Stifling the Voice

[CTRL] [Fwd: Duct tape nation/Zepp]

2003-02-16 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Duct Tape Nation When hope and fear clash by Bryan Zepp Jamieson 02/16/03 http://www.zeppscommentaries.com/Politics/ducttape.htm When I heard that duct tape and plastic sheeting were flying off the shelves in most major cities, especially Washington, my first thought was to

[CTRL] How a US blueprint for post-Saddam government quashed the hopes of democratic Iraqis.

2003-02-16 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- The Guardian http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,896611,00.html Our hopes betrayed How a US blueprint for post-Saddam government quashed the hopes of democratic Iraqis. Kanan Makiya Sunday February 16, 2003 The Observer The United States is on the verge of committing

[CTRL] [Fwd: Fw: Pentagon drops cremation plan]

2003-02-16 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- From: Nancy This administration says they don't look at polls or public opinion to make policy. No they just throw out the most outrageous stuff to see if they can get away with it. Then when the public outcry is loud enough they retreat and withdraw.

[CTRL] [Fwd: More obstructionism of NYC peace rally]

2003-02-17 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Posted to one of my lists: From a friend who was very active at the NYC rally: Read the email below from United for Peace and Justice, one of the main organizers for the anti-war rally in NYC Saturday, Feb 16. Bear in mind that, along with phone numbers for medics and lawyers,

[CTRL] [Fwd: ** michael moore's email intercepted by nazis]

2002-12-20 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- http://www.tomflocco.com/secret_service_intercepted_michael_moore%27s_ E-Mail.htm Secret Service Intercepted Michael Moore's Email and Searched His Home Without A Warrant ( The Story of a Vietnam Vet Caught in a Government / Celebrity Surveillance Crossfire )

[CTRL] [Fwd: The Information You Needed Did Not Get Through]

2002-12-20 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=35842 The information you needed did not get through. John Kaminski Fri Dec 20 'The information you needed did not get through. A curtain of sleep. An examination of the Generation Gap in the 21st Century reveals a

[CTRL] US Vetoes Resolution Against Israel on UN Killings

2002-12-21 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Double-standard is STILL alive and well in the US... US Vetoes Resolution Against Israel on UN Killings Saturday, December 21, 2002 1:06 a.m. EST By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States vetoed a Syrian-sponsored U.N. Security Council resolution that

[CTRL] [Fwd: Americans Revolt in Pennsylvania]

2002-12-21 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Welcome to Thom Hartmann's Newsletter for 21 December 2002. You are welcome to respond with your comments on today's article on the special message board at http://www.mythical.net/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forumf=4 Americans Revolt in Pennsylvania - New

[CTRL] Bill of Rights Defense Committee

2002-12-21 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Tools and information for grassroots level efforts at getting your local area declared a Civil Liberties Safe Zone: http://www.bordc.org/index.html List of cities working on or having passed resolutions (there are now 21!) declaring themselves Civil Liberties Safe Zones:

Re: [CTRL] America tore out 8000 pages

2002-12-22 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Nobody seems to have been able to nail down the exact number of pages in the original report either. Every article I've read reports a different number... Euphorian wrote: America tore out 8000 pages of Iraq dossier By James Cusick and Felicity Arbuthnot I realise a

[CTRL] Fwd: Rethinking AIDS

2002-12-22 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- This is an eye-opening article on the real situation with the AIDS Epidemic... Subject: Rethinking AIDS There is a lot of subjugated information and direct dis-information re AIDS. The story below covers some of it, and gives references for more research. This is a mainstream

[CTRL] You and the Atomic Bomb by George Orwell

2002-12-22 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- From: http://metamagic.org/warsucks - lots of other interesting stuff on the page as well, worth a visit! This piece by George Orwell was originally published by the Tribune 19 October 1945 within months after atomic bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan by the

[CTRL] In the Shadow of the Bomb: Growing Up in the War Machine

2002-12-22 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- a MUST-READ for all Americans! NOTE: the link after the author's name does not lead to this article. I believe it's possible this was not published on the net, as I can find no reference to it at the website or in a google search, but that does NOT lessen the importance of this

[CTRL] THE SECRET WAR ON IRAQ

2002-12-22 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Does anybody wonder why Bush was so adamant against the War Crimes tribunals? Gee, can't imagine what he'd be so concerned about! From: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12463182method=full; siteid=50143 The Mirror December 18, 2002 THE SECRET WAR ON IRAQ

[CTRL] Bush labels Santa an enemy combatant and includes the North Pole in the axis of evil

2002-12-24 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- A holiday satire... Bush labels Santa an enemy combatant and includes the North Pole in the axis of evil By Bev Conover Online Journal Editor Publisher December 19, 2002—Having drawn the ire of George W. Bush, Santa Claus could find himself and his reindeers shot down by a

[CTRL] ANSIR - A holiday disinfo gift cooked up in the bowels of the FBI?

2002-12-24 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- A holiday disinfo gift cooked up in the bowels of the FBI? December 19, 2002 [From the Editor's Desk - Online Journal http://onlinejournal.com/Editor_sDesk/editor_sdesk.html] In his article [included below] FBI Warns Corporate Leaders Of Possible Attacks By Antiwar Activists,

[CTRL] [Fwd: America's First Anti-Globalization Protest - The Boston Tea Party

2002-12-24 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Pour yourself a cup and have a read! This is a bit long, but HIGHLY educational about a pivotal event in our country's founding, and how it relates to our current situation. Despite the fact that I was top of my grammar school graduating class in American History (and was

[CTRL] Hugo Chavez and Venezuela's poor versus everybody else

2002-12-26 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Hugo Chavez and Venezuela's poor versus everybody else Printed on Thursday, December 26, 2002 @ 11:34:47 EST http://yt.org/article.php?sid=955 [The news coming out of Venezuela has made it look as if Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is an evil-tyrant with no support from the people.

[CTRL] Air Travelers Urged to Unlock Bags, Opening Liability Issue

2002-12-26 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Yet another reason why I won't be flying again. Next thing you know, we'll be asked to fly naked and without ANY luggage to prove we're not carrying any dangerous stuff like exploding underwear! Air Travelers Urged to Unlock Bags, Opening Liability Issue Critics wonder who'll

[CTRL] Fighting Fear and Fundamentalism

2002-12-26 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Fighting Fear and Fundamentalism By Toby Sackton, http://www.alternet.org/ December 23, 2002 ... consider a fine piece in Al Ahram, the main Egyptian paper, by Usama Ghazali Harb, who says the Muslim world's predicament today is not the result of some external plot but the fact

[CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: Cities Urge Restraint in Fight Against Terror (with commentary)

2002-12-26 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Caption for picture published with article says: "Art Babbott, a Flagstaff city councilman, sponsored a resolution to protect civil liberties in terrorism investigations. Mr. Babbott's colleague Joe Haughey worried that the measure might invite terrorism." Interesting to note

[CTRL] WHAT TO DO WITH VENEZUELA’S CHAVEZ

2002-12-28 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- From the Globalbeat headline page (http://www.nyu.edu/globalbeat/), we find this strangely slanted intro to an article by Mother Jones: WHAT TO DO WITH VENEZUELA’S CHAVEZ (title hyperlinked to http://www.mojones.com/news/feature/2003/02/ma_208_01.html) Everyone wants the inept

[CTRL] Fork in the Road: Fascism or Freedom? It's Our Choice - here's how

2002-12-29 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- The below excerpts are taken from a lengthy but highly excellent and enlightening interview of David Icke by Al Martin, published in Spectrum magazine and found on Icke's website. The first excerpt is found on the third page of the 6 page internet version of this article and is

[CTRL] What shall be our legacy?

2003-01-01 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- What shall be our legacy? Printed on Wednesday, January 01, 2003 @ 00:02:31 EST http://yt.org/article.php?sid=966 By Doreen Miller YellowTimes.org Columnist (United States) (YellowTimes.org) – It seems like only yesterday when the world was caught up in mass hysteria and dire

[CTRL] The Super Rich Are Out of Sight

2003-01-01 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Talk about keeping a low profile! A couple of relevent quotes from the below article: That top 0.25 owns more wealth than the other 99¾ percent combined. To grasp the true extent of wealth and income inequality in the United States, we should stop treating the top quintile--the

[CTRL] [Fwd: [PR] Security, Oil, Military]

2003-01-01 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Some interesting articles (abbreviated format with links for the full versions) and feedback in this newsletter... Progressive Response wrote: Click http://www.fpif.org/progresp/volume6/v6n41.html to

[CTRL] Now Corporations Claim The Right To Lie

2003-01-02 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Now Corporations Claim The Right To Lie by Thom Hartmann Published on Wednesday, January 1, 2003 by CommonDreams.org http://commondreams.org/views03/0101-07.htm While Nike was conducting a huge and expensive PR blitz to tell people that it had cleaned up its subcontractors'

[CTRL] Judge Rules Against Homeland Security Department

2003-01-02 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Always nice to see a bit of good news, once in awhile! Judge Rules Against Homeland Security Department Associated Press Thursday, January 02, 2003 WASHINGTON -- The Office of Homeland Security lost the first round in a legal fight to keep its activities secret as a federal

[CTRL] Time magazine loves Dick Cheney

2003-01-03 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- The below is a Salon premium article. Anyone have access to the whole thing? Time magazine loves Dick Cheney. Americans aren't so sure The newsweekly gushes over the V.P. and the Bush administration in its year-end issue -- ignoring its own poll showing a major erosion in public

[CTRL] [Fwd: Analysis of the Bush Tax Plan Average Tax Cut

2003-01-11 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Revised January 9, 2003 http://www.cbpp.org/1-9-03tax.htm Administration’s Use of “Average” Tax Cut Figures Creates Misleading Impression About the Tax Cuts Most Households Would Receive By Isaac Shapiro and Joel Friedman PDF of this analysis Additional Analyses

[CTRL] US Will Attack Iraq 'Without UN Backing'

2003-01-11 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- What else could we expect from our most rabid warhawk? This, coupled with the announcement of Rumsfeld signing off on an additional deployment of 35,000 troops to the region yesterday is ominous indeed. It seems our foolhardy government has committed itself to this destructive

[CTRL] Think Bush's tax cut plan will put more money in YOUR pocket? Think again...

2003-01-12 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Unless, of course, you're in the stratospheric percentile... An analysis of the plan from Molly Ivins: AUSTIN, Texas -- I just love the fine print in the president's tax-cut plan. I grant you, the overall effect is pretty spectacular, too -- a plan that has almost no stimulative

[CTRL] Bush, Cheney would get tax-cut windfall

2003-01-12 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Now here's a surprise... NOT! Bush, Cheney would get tax-cut windfall Reuters, 01.07.03, 6:13 PM ET WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney each stand to reap thousands of dollars in savings from Bush's proposal on Tuesday to

Re: [CTRL] SEAN PENN: IRAQ NOT POLITICAL IS HUMAN!

2003-01-12 Thread goldi316
-Caveat Lector- Considering that Drudge apparently chopped everything up to make Penn sound like an idiot, it seems only fair to post a report that DOESN'T do so with such obvious prejudice... This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item

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