If i had my choice, I'd have a hive mentality, where there were no countries, and everyone worked together to get things done.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:03 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Colin Powell: "This is BS" Yes. There will always be more of the same. I'd just like a government that was focused on the people and the state of the country than on it's own power and outside interests. > <cf_insert_2_cents> > Do you agree that no matter who gets elected, there will be more of > the same "something". By that I mean, more of the same selling out to > whatever special interests they hold dear. How can anyone rise to the power > of the presidency without selling their soul on innumerable occasions? > </cf_insert_2_cents> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 1:56 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Colin Powell: "This is BS" > > > If n fact he is just another mouth piece, no. Last thing we need is more of > the same. > > Dana > > Michael Dinowitz writes: > > > His backstory once made him very attractive to me as a candidate. Problem > is, > > he's become just another mouthpiece for the powers that be and is just not > > someone I'd vote for anymore. > > Just as an aside, let me throw this into the mix. > > > http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/iraq/powelldoctrine_s > hort > > .html > > His military doctrine about when and how to use force. Seems he feel it > only > > applies to himself, not to others.... > > > > > I dunno... I could conceive of voting for him and I am sure as hell not > a > > > Republican. This may change if he appears to have been dishonest. I also > > > wondered if he wasn't the source for that story. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > jon hall writes: > > > > > > > Perhaps it may appear so on the surface, but I really can't agree. The > > > > administration want's Powell to be a "yes man", but obviously he > > > > doesn't like it. Cheney is the one who originally wrote the BS in the > > > > first place. > > > > Much has been made about Powell disagreeing with the administration on > > > > a lot of issues. The problem is that he is outnumbered in the White > > > > House with Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rice usually lining up against him. > > > > > > > > My take is the almost extreme opposite of this somehow being a sign of > > > > weakness on Powell's part. I see it as a sign of strength that he > > > > disagree's so much with the party line, but refuses to try and make it > > > > an issue of right and wrong in the public eye. Especially since the > > > > American voter only really cares about the truth when their party > > > > doesn't have the White House. I doubt Powell would have gained more > > > > Democratic supporters than Republican supporters he would have lost if > > > > he refused to go along with the White House. > > > > > > > > When it comes down to it, the first black man to have a chance of > > > > becoming President has more important things to worry about than > > > > whether or not one reason to go to war with Iraq is better than > > > > another. > > > > He has a strong support base on the right currently and can't > > > > let the media screw up his image by painting him as a maverick, and I > > > > can't help but draw a parallel between David Palmer in the show 24, > > > > and Powell. Playing ball now will go a long way in the future. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > jon > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Monday, June 2, 2003, 10:24:00 PM, you wrote: > > > > MD> Powell, who I once thought I respected, is nothing more than a > "yes man" > > for > > > > MD> Bush and the forces in the state department. He is definitely not > in > > charge of > > > > MD> anything. > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On the evening of February 1, two dozen American officials gathered > in a > > > > MD> spacious conference room at the Central Intelligence Agency in > Langley, > > Va. The > > > > MD> time had come to make the public case for war against Iraq. For > six > > hours that > > > > MD> Saturday, the men and women of the Bush administration argued > about what > > > > MD> Secretary of State Colin Powell should--and should not--say at the > > United > > > > MD> Nations Security Council four days later. Not all the secret > > intelligence about > > > > MD> Saddam Hussein's misdeeds, they found, stood up to close scrutiny. > At > > one point > > > > MD> during the rehearsal, Powell tossed several pages in the air. "I'm > not > > reading > > > > MD> this," he declared. "This is bulls- - -." > > > > >> > > > > >> http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/030609/usnews/9intell.htm > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
