RE: [Futurework] Will Bush become a Shia Moslem? Threats and defenses....

2003-08-31 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Lawry, Ed, Brad: I can only hope to be coherent here, not inspiring: we must make new alliances, as you say, that are not limited by borders or nationality, as everyone on FW surely agrees. At the same time, we must develop the voice and language that reaches into comatose and closed

RE: [Futurework] Fw: Farewell America [LONG]

2003-08-31 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Thanks for posting this, Selma. Yes, its often too true that we benefit most from the observations of foreigners for both the best and worst in us. Brad spoke of an ugly emergence of intolerance, Lawry reminds us of our provincialism. Ray berates us for sacrificing our own best

RE: [Futurework] Separating the wheat from the chaff (was Will Bush become a Shia Muslim/Defenses and threats)

2003-08-31 Thread Karen Watters Cole
a little too much wine, is Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer. It ends with a contralto hauntingly singing ewig, ewig . ewig, ewig...; eternally, eternally.eternally, eternally. And so it goes. Best regards, Ed - Original Message - From: Karen Watters Cole To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [Futurework] RE: US not an Empire

2003-08-31 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Ed, you seem to be describing a respectable and sound version of what Lawry suggested would be necessary, sooner rather than later: a new version of Kissingers peace with honor that Bush2 will have to craft in order to expunge itself from full responsibility for what has come about in

[Futurework] RE: Glass half-full or glass half empty?

2003-08-31 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Keith, it really is a lot of fun to hear these predictions from you about the prospect of an American administration falling before the next election. I enjoy your predictions vicariously. But because our four-year presidential terms are so fixed and certain on the calendar, unlike parliamentary

[Futurework] Real solutions not economic theory

2003-09-01 Thread Karen Watters Cole
This issue will not go away, nor should it. It seems that rising health care costs will finally get serious attention as employees and the workforce deal with declining revenue and opportunities. The question is how much worse must it get before the extremists are wrestled to the floor by

RE: [Futurework] Real solutions not economic theory

2003-09-01 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Harry, thank you, by the way, for the gracious comment you made this weekend about an earlier post. In this post I am not arguing about trade, although I certainly agree most protectionist policies are counterproductive. We are lacking a decent, viable jobs plan because we are overly

[Futurework] RE: US not an Empire

2003-09-02 Thread Karen Watters Cole
I think the point was made recently that the British Empire had a longer view, business plan or attention span, and tended to stick around a long time in the areas it colonized. At the moment, most supporters and detractors of Bush2 foreign policy have a difficult time believing that there

RE: [Futurework] RE: US not an Empire

2003-09-02 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Okay, Arthur, youve got me there. And Iraq will soon be the new Middle East staging ground for US forces worldwide, reducing our presence in central Europe. Or so the blueprints say. And we certainly contributed to many infrastructure and institutional programs in each of those

[Futurework] Brad, this one's for you

2003-09-02 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Subject: revisionist history In the column, History Lesson, the history behind current events, Daniel Benjamin writes, sorry, Dr. Rice, postwar Germany was nothing like Iraq. Condis Phony History @ http://slate.msn.com/id/2087768/ Question: can the Bush2 administration be

[Futurework] Let's make a deal: US and Iran

2003-09-02 Thread Karen Watters Cole
I wonder what the Carlyle Group has to say about this? - KWC THE STRATFOR WEEKLY by Dr. George Friedman, 02 September 2003 An Unlikely Alliance Summary: Though the recent death of SCIRI leader Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim would appear to be raising the level of turmoil

[Futurework] RE: US not an Empire

2003-09-03 Thread Karen Watters Cole
. But the US continues. arthur -Original Message- From: Karen Watters Cole [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2003 3:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: US not an Empire I think the point was made

RE: [Futurework] Real solutions not economic theory

2003-09-03 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Heres an update on the jobs growth plan. More fluff or real attention to direction? Bush Policy On Jobs Is a Shift By Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post Staff Writer, Wednesday, September 3, 2003; Page E01 @ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17301-2003Sep2.html A day after

[Futurework] CA - US Fulbright Grants

2003-09-03 Thread Karen Watters Cole
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 1:02 PM To: Urban Technology Telecommunications Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CI] Canada-US Fulbright Program For broad distribution to Graduate Students, Post-doctoral

RE: [Futurework] Vicious Circles (was Free Trade)

2003-09-07 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Ed wrote: There has been an increase in the rate of GNP growth in the US recently, while at the same time large numbers of people have lost their jobs. GNP growth is not based on increased employment, but on increased productivity. The people who continue to be employed are working harder

RE: [Futurework] RE: They were pretty dim

2003-09-07 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Salvador, thank you for your gracious comments, which remind us to listen as well as speak, and be ever mindful of our different perspective in these global conversations, holding them like gifts in a generous spirit of shared learning. Karen I would ask for a chair in that meeting. I'm not one

RE: [Futurework] Vicious Circles (was Free Trade)

2003-09-07 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Harry, you failed to notice that I did not endorse the notion of a constitutional amendment. Im surprised you did not take opportunity to expound upon the persistent belief that work is the way out of poverty or other partisan comments from the author. I am offering items of interest as

RE: Fw: [Futurework] The world of work

2003-09-08 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Selma, in response to your request for sharing, I have found working in the garden and cooking to be fulfilling and relaxing activities that help me clear the mind while at the same time learning a great deal about living in the work being done. Cooking for family is often work, but is

[Futurework] Salt and Pepper

2003-09-08 Thread Karen Watters Cole
These might be of interest to some FWers: I. Open Society Institute. The first pdf file below is just six pages, the second nine pages. Iraq Revenue Watch Two new reports by the Iraq Revenue Watch (www.iraqrevenuewatch.org) highlight an absence of transparency and inclusiveness in

RE: [Futurework] NYT Editorial Presidential Character

2003-09-09 Thread Karen Watters Cole
It was said early and bears repeating, Pres. Bush is all hat, no cattle. The new mantra for this New Tone is Washington administration is Duck and Cover. Thats bad enough, but it appears with each passing month that the Bush2 administration is just pretending to have the interests of

RE: [Futurework] Robertson?

2003-09-11 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Selma, I looked at Powells bookstore online @ http://www.powells.com/home.html but also came up empty handed. However, you should bookmark them. They sell used and new books on the shelf together, so that you often will find an older edition of a book next to the new one. They have

RE: Fw: [Futurework] The world of work

2003-09-11 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Do you think it might be productive for us to play around with ideas about how to incorporate this feeling into the socialization process and the educational process in general? Selma Do you mean on Futurework or society at large? If on Futurework, I sometimes imagine a food fight with

RE: [Futurework] Other Things You Might Do With $87 Billion

2003-09-11 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Harry, the point is not whether the polls agreed with me or vice versa. While I often highlight or bold a point within the story that I appreciate or want to emphasize, I also did not delete portions that did not fit my point of view. I am much more likely to do excerpts on commentary, hoping the

[Futurework] Once again, the obvious

2003-09-12 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Wouldnt it be nice if all parties concerned dealt with the root causes of the violence and suspicion instead of posturing and supporting first one, then another position without making true progress? Once again, looking for true leadership. - KWC NYT Editorial: September 12, 2003

[Futurework] Gleaning

2003-09-13 Thread Karen Watters Cole
From the Librarians Index to the Internet weekly: Can We Tape? A Practical Guide to Taping Phone Calls and In-Person Conversations in the 50 States and D.C. @ http://www.rcfp.org/taping/ Americas most literate cities @ http://www.uww.edu/cities/ From PEN (Public Education Network

[Futurework] Wake up and smell the coffee

2003-09-13 Thread Karen Watters Cole
No, this is not a feminist rant aimed at anyone on this list. Just think of my earlier Gleanings post and this as my version of Saturday morning cartoons. - KWC Women Will Have to Save the World Marlene Nadle, Pacific News Service, September 11, 2003 President Bush may not face much

RE: [Futurework] NYT Article: Is Buddhism Good for Your Health?

2003-09-14 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Maybe Chris had already read of this research previously, as it has been widely reported in other venues. I dont try to walk and read as Keith does on his dogwalks, but Im off to do my morning meditative walking now. It helps to clear my mind and keeps me sane, for the most part, depending

[Futurework] Gleanings from the back pages

2003-09-15 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Bringing broadband to rural areas @ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9955-2003Sep14.html, one wireless barn at a time The barn, routinely used by the local children for paintball practice, doubles as a radio receiver and retransmitter that enables residents and businesses in

RE: [Futurework] FW The world of work

2003-09-15 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Here I go again. I am not familiar with this author, but the title succeeded in grabbing my attention, as did the reviewer. Guiding comments or biting feedback, anyone? - KWC Book Review: In search of a 'moral economy' by William Greider by Mike Francis, in The Oregonian, Sunday,

RE: [Futurework] NYT Article: Is Buddhism Good for Your Health?

2003-09-15 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Me, twenty five words or less? Surely, you jest. Globalization is a natural evolutionary pattern. Broadening horizons, removing provincial barriers, as trading with others tends to do over time (the moral equation of the formula). We will succeed or fail together and this is a healthy

[Futurework] Liar.Liar.Pants on Fire

2003-09-16 Thread Karen Watters Cole
What will they think of next? Rice: U.S. Never Said Saddam Was Behind 9/11 By Randall Mikkelsen , Tue September 16, 2003 09:34 PM ET @ http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNewsstoryID=3456791 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. national security adviser

[Futurework] Gleanings

2003-09-18 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Big and Blue in the City @ http://www.oriononline.org/pages/oo/curmudgeon/index_curmudgeon.html Contemporary American Life Must Change: James Howard Kunstler evaluates how the sociology of American communities leads to obesity and depression Housing remains out of reach for millions of

[Futurework] new worm goes undercover as a patch

2003-09-21 Thread Karen Watters Cole
More reasons to beware less of Weapons of Mass Destruction as much as Weapons of Precise Destruction: Worm Wears A 'Patch' For Disguise http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38195-2003Sep20.html Sunday, September 21, 2003; Page F07 The latest virus to hit the Web poses as a

RE: [Futurework] What Iraqis really think redo

2003-09-23 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Im sorry. I should have posted those tables by cut and paste to a new window rather than reply as I did and lose the formatting that made it easier to read. Heres my second attempt, then. The Wall Street Journal joins the NYT and other major newspapers presenting the details that the

RE: [Futurework] What Iraqis really think

2003-09-23 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Interesting synergy going on today. This was just forwarded to me, released today, from the National Priorities Project: Subject: NEW Cost of Iraq War and Occupation Factsheet Available NPP Bulletin -September 23,2003

RE: [Futurework] social trends: Profanity

2003-09-24 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Yes. Arthur wrote: There will be a reaction to these trends. What form will it take? Is the fundamentalist movement now underway part of that reaction? KWC wrote: Arthur, although I have a handful of cuss words in my vocabulary, I try to use them selectively, as one does very hot

RE: [Futurework] social trends: Tolerance (was Profanity)

2003-09-25 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Well, said. I would like to think that we are a long way from experiencing a serious religious movement in the West a la Taliban (despite my frequently referring to the Religious Right as Taliban in suits). However, the recent history of the Southern Baptist Convention is a good example of

RE: [Futurework] Myopia

2003-09-25 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Yes, and they were handpicked martyrs, several of whom apparently did not know until the last minute what the assignment really was and/or meant. Good human resources decisions, dont you think? Inspire the poor masses - KWC Seems that many of the 9/11 terrorists came from relatively

RE: [Futurework] updating address book Read This

2003-09-27 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Greetings from the Pacific Northwest. Here is Everything You Need To Know About Plaxo but were afraid to ask, and then some more. Since I know SW is REHs wife, when I received four of them (one via FW, 3 under my old attbi, new Comcast and hotmail addresses) I updated my address info on

[Futurework] Precautionary Principles Pay Off

2003-09-27 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Some of you may be familiar with the Precautionary Principle, well established in Europe and Canada, and slowly gaining traction here in the US. This spring I wrote a brief introduction to the Precautionary Principle for the online newsletter of Commonweal Institute, for which I am a

[Futurework] Web Discovery

2003-10-01 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Some of you may already be familiar with this wonderful website and literary magazine, Orion. My free trial issue was beautiful, and I subscribed. At Home, click on the Turn the page button for the current issue. I recommend The Joseph Strategy, but there is lots of good reading here. I

RE: [Futurework] working with learning disabilities

2003-10-02 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Ed, thank you for sharing this. The article did not mention it, but can you tell me if there has been an increase or decrease in the number of children with dyslexia over the past twenty-five years the article addresses culturally? Would an increase be attributed to better means of

[Futurework] Gleanings

2003-10-02 Thread Karen Watters Cole
From Governing.com: Univ of N Carolina beckons low-income students (Beginning in fall 2004) The University of North Carolina's Chapel Hill campus became what is believed to be the first public university to guarantee a free education for low-income students, offering to cover all costs

RE: [Futurework] working with learning disabilities

2003-10-02 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Ed, Barry: We all probably know many adults currently in the workforce who have benefited from the tremendous improvement in detection and perception of dyslexia and other learning disabilities since the 50s and 60s. One can still detect residual traces of their struggle but the

[Futurework] Russia and the Kyoto Protocol

2003-10-03 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Another perspective on global warming. Also, Tokyo has invited Putin to visit. Putin stalled until his vote counted the most. KWC The Stratfor Analysis The Kyoto Protocol: What's In It for Russia? Sep 29, 2003 Summary: During this week's international conference in Moscow on

RE: [Futurework] working with learning disabilities

2003-10-03 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Brian, thanks for responding. I wonder if the cultural perspective changed because of teaching or if teaching changed because of differences in cultural perspective? I know greater awareness of dialects and ESL have greatly changed expectations, testing and teaching methods. Back in

[Futurework] Key ingrediant to peace in Israel

2003-10-03 Thread Karen Watters Cole
This might prove to be significant in the near future, and possibly more effective than taking Dubya out of Sharons flinty pockets. Israel reaches deal with Turkey to buy water and more, by Reuters 10.03.03 ISTANBUL - Israel said Friday it had agreed to buy 15 million cubic meters (530

RE: [Futurework] British swallowing of political propaganda

2003-10-04 Thread Karen Watters Cole
I happen to agree that Arnold is paying for a sordid past that has nothing to do with his current career goals, though he should have known from all the others before him that this would surface (ie. just in the last ten years - Bob Packwood, Bob Livingston, Bill Clinton, and the OTHER

RE: [Futurework] California political propaganda postscript

2003-10-04 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Id like to add that it is always better to focus on policy than personality in politics, but in cases like this, when a candidate has no political track record, the public doesnt have much else to consider than personal characteristics. It is significant to me that Bill Simon dropped

RE: [Futurework] California political propaganda

2003-10-05 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Harry, please remember that Californians are not the only ones who suffered financial losses and became tied to costly utility contracts directly from the fake energy crises. The states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and maybe Nevada are locked into contracts generated under those false

RE: [Futurework] California political games (was CA political propaganda)

2003-10-06 Thread Karen Watters Cole
High stakes in play. Heres the summary: Who sits in the Governors chair in Sacramento affects current States vs Federal lawsuits and new industry lawsuits waiting in the wings. - KWC Nine States Plan Suit to Prod US on Global Warming By Danny Hakim, NYT, October 4. 2003 DETROIT,

RE: [Futurework] A much wider war is possible

2003-10-07 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Lawry wrote: The British colonial experience should provide a warning lesson to the US's imperialists, but unfortunately, like it would seem all imperialist, ours seem blind to reality and prone to deep self-delusion. So the US history over the next 50 years will probably include the

RE: [Futurework] A very, very worried Bush

2003-10-08 Thread Karen Watters Cole
And today, Wednesday Oct 8th, in the NYT - with the same FT/Spiegel byline - @ http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/07/business/FT1059480409515.html Also, Washington Post @ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58726-2003Oct7.html Very interesting. Rummy may have become more of

[Futurework] More on the Gold Rush of 2003

2003-10-08 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Here is an Alternet piece, originally published in misleader.com, identifying a handful of the US firms now sharing the marquee with Halliburton in Iraq: Divvying up the Iraq Pie For a bit of an amusement break, also check out the deck of War Profiteering Cards at

RE: [Futurework] Schwarzenegger's first mistake

2003-10-09 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Keith, a comment on the NYT articles lead paragraph. While it is true that the new Governor, once certified and in office, will bring in a stable of eager GOP party people, he still has a Democrat Lt. Governor, and a deeply divided state legislature. Oregon and Washington states

RE: [Futurework] Re: It's sex-security actually (wasRe: Sex, of course!)

2003-10-09 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Keith, when you refer to hunters and gatherers are you not usually commenting on ancient tribal survival behavior? Ed seems to be commenting on current behavior in the present tense. Are today's population of First Nation peoples concerned about dwindling numbers? Anxiety about mixed breeding?

RE: [Futurework] Schwarzenegger's first mistake

2003-10-09 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Oh, I absolutely agree that this was a celebrity phenomenon, especially among the young. But we might keep a few of them when the afterglow wears off. Veterans of the Young Republicans and the SDS are both keenly aware of this opportunity. I am also trying not to demean Arnolds native

RE: [Futurework] E-Democracy (was Schwarzenegger's first mistake)

2003-10-09 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Arthur et al, attached is a message that arrived moments ago in my Inbox, as an example of the real time factor being utilized effectively. It is a follow-up email to one several days ago which introduced the planned event, with link to a oversized blank check one could print up and

[Futurework] Yukos deal confirmed

2003-10-09 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Khodorkovsky Goes to Washington @ http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2003/10/09/042.html The main shareholders in Yukos and Sibneft completed a merger of their interests on Friday, creating a company worth $50 billion and with oil and gas production of 2.35 million barrels of oil

[Futurework] RE: But what about Condi? (was Schwarzenegger's first mistake)

2003-10-09 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Keith wrote: However, let me change the subject. I'd be most interested in your comments on the William Kristol quote in my other (post-dogwalk) posting. I find this quite amazing. Is it as serious as it seems to be? Such devastating criticism of his ideological confreres would never

[Futurework] Breaking with tradition in Japan

2003-10-10 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Heres some additional commentary on the news that PM Koizumi has dissolved the Japanese parliament and called for new elections Nov. 9th. Wouldnt it be great to oust the kingmakers (ie. corporate bigwigs) that run Bush2? - KWC Worldview: Japan is Back (No, really!) While everyone is

RE: [Futurework] Breaking with tradition in Japan

2003-10-10 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Keith wrote: I'm puzzled why Koizumi didn't act long before now -- that is, when he was first elected and had much more of the electorate with him. Zakaria says that Japan's problems are not economic but political. Well, that might have been so when Koizumi was first elected. But they've

RE: [Futurework] New Iraq: a Model of Free Trade

2003-10-10 Thread Karen Watters Cole
From my POV, even the perception of a sell-off and war profiteering validates to more people than before that the US invasion of Iraq was not about WMD, not about making the Middle East safe for democracy, not about the humanitarian reasons to oppose a ruthless dictator, or even to protect

[Futurework] Ten technologies that deserve to die

2003-10-10 Thread Karen Watters Cole
This caught my eye at MIT Technology Review. Here are the first five. Ten Technologies That Deserve to Die Some technologies are so blatantly obnoxious that the human race would rejoice if they were summarily executed. A humorist and science fiction writer offers some candidates.

[Futurework] Forget the sweet talk

2003-10-10 Thread Karen Watters Cole
A conservative pundit weighs in on the California Recall election, majority rule, and how this will affect BC 04 (Bush-Cheney 04). - KWC A Conservative Travesty By George F. Will, Thursday, October 9, 2003; Page A37 California's recall -- a riot of millionaires masquerading as a

[Futurework] Spray and Wash the bottom line

2003-10-11 Thread Karen Watters Cole
My apologies to those who have already seen this, but this is imperative reading for those following the energy resources debate, tax cheating by corporations and current legislation battles that affect our economics and security. TIME magazine did an investigative story titled The

[Futurework] Schwarzenegger's Second Misstep

2003-10-12 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Hopefully, something of a moderate approach will succeed this time. I have serious doubts about his effectiveness as a neophyte, but if he can be an agent of change, as his wife refers to him, there might be something to cheer about if the fog clears and the ideologues dont drive the bus

[Futurework] Global Energy chess game

2003-10-13 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Recently, we learned that Russias 2nd biggest oil company, Yukos, has agreed to a minority partnership deal with ExxonMobil. Note the Euro factor below. From the EU Observer: Russia accuses EU of making WTO entry difficult Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that it is

[Futurework] Objectivity in jounalism

2003-10-14 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Coincidentally, I read an interesting commentary by the editor of Columbia Journalism Review, (linked below) questioning the notion of media objectivity just the other day, arguing if media tried too hard to be objective maybe the truth wasnt being served, especially if the story was just

[Futurework] Grim news from Iraq

2003-10-14 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Army Is Studying Suicide in Ranks By The New York Times, Tuesday, October 14, 2003 @ http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/14/international/middleeast/14MILI.html WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 Army officials sent mental-health experts to Iraq last month to study cases of suspected suicide among

RE: [Futurework] Grim news from Iraq

2003-10-14 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Does anyone know if survivors receive full benefits, such as they are? My son completed the Navy Nuke program and said that there might have been 7 suicides in the program. Some of these are single vehicle accidents. Motorcycles were a common means. Bill Army Is Studying Suicide

[Futurework] Addendum Objectivity in Journalism

2003-10-14 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Yin and Yang. Id like to forward you the follow-up on the form letters from soldiers in Iraq story. Officer was the one behind 500 letters By Ledyard King, Gannett News Service @ http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-10-14-letters-usat_x.htm WASHINGTON An Army battalion

RE: [Futurework] Addendum Objectivity in Journalism

2003-10-15 Thread Karen Watters Cole
NYT Editorial, today Wed Oct 15, 2003: Fighting the War at Home Letters home from the war front are some of the revered aspects of history, a treasury of soldiers' impressions and firsthand narratives that hold a value apart from the individual lives put firmly on the

RE: [Futurework] Re: making it official (Pax Americana)

2003-10-15 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Watters Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Im filing this one under my Pax Americana folder, not my Iraq folder. It seems to contradict what I understood to be a transfer to the NSA staff. Is this because they think Rice will not be allowed to administer the funds, as an unconfirmed private advisor

[Futurework] Recall Fever limited but should be taken seriously

2003-10-16 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Part 1. Recall efforts underway in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nevada may feel invigorated by the California recall, but they are seen as do-overs for poor sports without any chance of success. However, the evidence of voter anger does not bode well for incumbents in 2004. Links are live. -

[Futurework] More evidence of business practices in foriegn policy

2003-10-16 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Outsourcing national rebuilding. Again, you cannot call it a new Marshall Plan, if the natives are not working to rebuild their own society. - KWC Six in Ten Iraqis Unemployed, but U. S. Subcontractors Hire Cheap Migrant Laborers Even though seven million Iraqis are unemployed1, U.S.

[Futurework] Separating the wheat from the chaff

2003-10-17 Thread Karen Watters Cole
It might help to remember the vote today from Congress on the $87B request for Iraq provides the administration with six months extra funds so that it wont have to return to Congress for more money, as expected, before Nov. 2004. Thats why this request is for $87 B, not $50B, over 18

RE: [Futurework] Separating the wheat from the chaff

2003-10-17 Thread Karen Watters Cole
. On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 16:24:50 -0700 Karen Watters Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It might help to remember the vote today from Congress on the $87B request for Iraq provides the administration with six months extra funds so that it wont have to return to Congress for more money, as expected

[Futurework] The web as another evolutionary tool of human need to communicate, speculate and connect

2003-10-18 Thread Karen Watters Cole
A little lite Saturday reading: One never knows what they will find on the trail, scouting. I was chasing a link to some anti-Semitic comments by a journalist from another publication and ran across this. KWC From the Eric Alterman weblog, Altercation, Friday, Oct. 17th, where a reader

[Futurework] RE: Just a bit brighter than Bush (was The web as another evolutionary tool)

2003-10-19 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Arthur wrote: While driving the other day I heardon the radio a comedian with a one liner that broke me up What if Cheney is the stupid one of the two Ed wrote: What about Karl Rove, who is credited with getting Bush elected and is reputed to be a major Whitehouse strategist? The

[Futurework] this leak not from the White House

2003-10-19 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Iraq Oil Flow to Turkey Is Halted by Leak Iraqi Oil Flow to Turkey Stumbles As Pipeline Springs Leak; U.S. Arrests 11 Suspects in Attacks The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq Oct. 18 Efforts to resume vital oil exports from northern Iraq, halted for weeks by

[Futurework] Cloak and Dagger

2003-10-19 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Assault on Free Speech? Selective judicial zealotry? Ulterior political motives? Third World dictatorship? No, Ashcroft at war. Holy McCarthyism, Batman! - KWC Students, Nuns and Sailor-Mongers, Beware Atty. Gen. Ashcroft is pulling out all the stops to prosecute protesters. By

[Futurework] a new spin on the Free Market

2003-10-19 Thread Karen Watters Cole
This is the second time Ive seen this, and just now got it and wanted to pass this idea along: Another example of the web as a new evolutionary tool of communication, connectivity and enterprise. According to the main website, http://www.freecycle.org, there are ten cities in the US with

[Futurework] web gleanings

2003-10-20 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Three items from the web harvest this week. Links are live. Public Education Network Weekly NewsBlast. Public Involvement. Public Education. Public Benefit. DECIDING TO TEACH THEM ALL Asking the right questions has an enormous

RE: [Futurework] 128. Anti-immigration feeling grows in Europe

2003-10-20 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Harry, why do you say that ESL has been a complete failure? - KWC Ed, When I lived in Ontario, it was noticeable that new immigrants tended to move into their own ghettos. Particularly so in the case of the Italians, who gathered together in Toronto. There is nothing wrong with

[Futurework] Look in the mirror

2003-10-21 Thread Karen Watters Cole
This is an issue that will not go away. If the war on terrorism is going to have any chance of success, all traces of religious jihad must be eliminated, for the good of our country and all those who oppose tyranny in its many forms. We cannot be accused of what we deplore in others, even

RE: [Futurework] Recent election in Azerbaijan

2003-10-21 Thread Karen Watters Cole
a few days behind, as usual... On Sun, 19 Oct 2003, Karen Watters Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoted: VOTUM SEPARATUM - DISSENTING OPINION Of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE'S) observers mission from the OSCE/ODHIR Preliminary Report about the Presidential Elections of October 15

Re: [Futurework] Recent election in Azerbaijan

2003-10-21 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Adding to the controversy over stolen electionsOther freelance journalists reported at least one death from police beatings and a young boy in critical condition from being trampled in the melee. Resource wars, war profiteering, stolen elections isnt this more than enough to seriously

RE: [Futurework] Declining morality or decling responsibility?

2003-10-22 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Following on that theme of more people feeling stressed due to the disconnect and rush of life: See Take Back Your Life Day/Week @ http://www.education.umn.edu/WCFE/FE/ParentEd/TBYFT.html and Parents Reconsider Kids Over-Controlled Lives @

[Futurework] bilateral peace plan

2003-10-22 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Monday, October 20, 2003 on PBS Newshour: Peace Plan As the American-backed road map to peace in the Middle East hits even more roadblocks, two top officials -- one Israeli, one Palestinian -- have proposed a plan of their own. The new plan, called The People's Voice, has already

[Futurework] Confusing religion with nationalism

2003-10-22 Thread Karen Watters Cole
I have often written here to the subject of the dangerous liaison of church and state, and in particular, these days in our post 9/11 world, that we may be less vigilant protecting that wall so wisely built by the Founding Fathers. Im adding another commentary that those of you familiar

RE: [Futurework] Middle East bilateral peace plan

2003-10-23 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Please see the Christian Science Monitors Daily Update, October 22, 2003 for the rest of this: links are live Israeli strikes launch debate about civilian casualties @ http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/sept11/dailyUpdate.html Reuters reports that recent strikes by Israeli forces in Gaza,

[Futurework] Lowering Expectations

2003-10-23 Thread Karen Watters Cole
There is an old sales adage, undersell, overdeliver. This works well when you are promising something on deadline. Maybe not so well in global foreign politics, because it leaves less room for failure. See below. - KWC Diplomatic Diary: Richard Wolffe Virtual Reality: George W. Bush's political

RE: [Futurework] Middle East bilateral peace plan

2003-10-23 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Thanks, Bill. For others who didnt explore the rest of the CSM report, heres more, which gives a bigger picture of the current debate about the ineffectiveness of current policies. Even if the Peoples Peace Plan does not do anything more than gather more signatures, it raises the level

RE: [Futurework] Middle East bilateral peace plan

2003-10-23 Thread Karen Watters Cole
in the coming months. This is not just about collecting weapons. It is about turning people into permanently employable individuals. (end of excerpts) *** On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 07:58:36 -0700 Karen Watters Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Futurework] Jihad 2004

2003-10-23 Thread Karen Watters Cole
I see that cousin Ray is posting items reflecting the coming Cultural War in the US. Heres my contribution to the same subject. Newsweeks Fineman writes that Bush2 will not fire Lt. General Boykin, who has made Christian Zionist inflammatory remarks about Islam, linking the war on

[Futurework] assessing Iraq oil potential

2003-10-24 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Some of you may have seen this but given its appearance on the list, I thought Id forward yet another item of interest: Iraqs Oil: assessing the potential Amy Jaffe, the senior energy adviser for the James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University; Yasser Elguindi,

RE: [Futurework] Walmart and the American dream

2003-10-25 Thread Karen Watters Cole
This news item ties in nicely to the NOW with Bill Moyers report on low wages at Tyson Foods and other labor issues that Arthur alerted us to yesterday via FW. Tyson also was raided and charged with knowingly hiring illegals, and two executives plead guilty, fines were paid. Wal Mart

[Futurework] Culture Wars 2 (was Jihad 2004)

2003-10-26 Thread Karen Watters Cole
While I am not denigrating by any means the validity of the human rights issues and the moral values it derives from, I offer this piece as another example of catering to one segment of your voter base, while rebuffing others. - . KWC Open Door Policy Bumiller: Evangelicals Sway White

[Futurework] web discoveries

2003-10-26 Thread Karen Watters Cole
The Globalist: For global citizens. By global citizens. @ http://www.theglobalist.com/ From its mission statement: Our core editorial belief is that now more than ever, people everywhere are seeking a better understanding of what connects and divides nations and societies, economies and

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