Please send as far and wide as possible. Thanks, Robert Sterling Editor, The Konformist http://www.konformist.com If you are interested in a free subscription to The Konformist Newswire, please visit http://www.eGroups.com/list/konformist/ and sign up. Or, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject: "I NEED 2 KONFORM!!!" (Okay, you can use something else, but it's a kool catch phrase.) Visit the Klub Konformist at Yahoo!: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/klubkonformist The Konformist KN4M 11 September 1999 Index Great Rant CIA DOCUMENT: MARILYN MONROE-E.T. CONNECTION? Sirhan Sirhan and "Mind Control" Steve Reed ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) CBS & Viacom Great Rant And now for some fun.. The Govt. has been testing chemicals in our water supply for more than 40 years. All of the recent UFO activity is related to hallucinations caused by the chemicals.The CIA being incredibly bored,secertly sold the formula to NASA in the 60's. While visiting NASA,JFK was exposed to these chemicals,and in his altered state of mind,commited America to going to the moon.When JFK learned of the drug,hedecided to publicily denounce the creators. The FBI knew about this.One of their agents,Lee Harvey Oswald, volunteered to go ahead with the operation PrezKnowsTooMuch.All evidence of his connection with the FBI was deleted,and he killed the President.Later two teenagers discovered the formula for the same drug,and deliver it VIA Cathode Ray Tube. One of them saw the potential of this drug,and founded Microsoft,the reason we continue to use Windoze is we are addicted to it,as well as some other products from MS. Gates made a fatal flaw when he sold the formula to the Iraquis,Hussein used it against the UN troops,and won,ever since then,they have covered up other major events,such as the discovery of Alien life forms,China's invasion of Wyoming,the return of Atlantis,and the sale of Texas to the Mexicans for 150.00. Well think about it..do_you_know ANYONE in Kuwait,or Wyoming,or anyone that has swam the Atlantic recently,or any high officals in Texas? Well...maybe you do.I should probably stop here,before Isay something that gets me into BIG trouble! I bet if your still reading this your eyesight is not 20/20,you have at least one caffeinated drink a day.Am I right? This is because of those chemicals the Govt. testing! ANONYMOUS ********** CIA DOCUMENT: MARILYN MONROE-E.T. CONNECTION? CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Wireless Flash) -- An alleged CIA document dated two days before the death of Marilyn Monroe suggests she may have been bumped off because of her knowledge concerning aliens and the U.S. government. UFO researcher Dr. Steven Greer claims he has uncovered a classified CIA document that reveals Monroe was planning to hold a press conference to reveal secrets told to her by President John Kennedy. JFK supposedly told Monroe that he once visited an air force base in New Mexico where he examined dead alien bodies recovered near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. Greer figures Monroe's reasoning was based more on revenge than the truth: Apparently, a lonely Marilyn told former beau Robert Kennedy that she wouldn't hold the conference if he and JFK would spend more time with her. Although Monroe's death two days later was supposedly caused by drug overdose, some of her friends still believe she was murdered. Greer is the author of a new book, "Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence And Implications" (Crossing Point). ********** Barry Chamish ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sirhan Sirhan and "Mind Control" Steve Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I refer to "Final Judgement", by M.C. Piper and "Who Killed Yitzhak Rabin?" by Barry Chamish. Like LH Oswald before him - and Yigal Amir, later on - Sirhan was incapable, positionally, of firing the shots which killed the victim. All three men were clearly connected to the respective murders in some way, however: all were present, in possession of a firearm and possessed - or were provided with - a confusing and misleading identity. All seem to have been patsies. Piper relies on Robert Morrow ("The Senator Must Die") He tells us that Sirhan Sirhan (an American of Jordanian parentage) was a stable-boy at Santa Anita Racetrack, where he became associated with a racetrack racket run by one Mickey Cohen, henchman of the notorious Meyer Lansky. Khyber Khan, a senior SAVAK officer posing as an opponent of the Shah of Iran, having gained RFK's confidence, became a regular attendant at RFK's public appearances and introduced other Iranian agents into RFK's (1968, Presidential) campaign-team. Khan had been operating a SAVAK agency, on the West Coast since 1963. SAVAK, the secret service of imperial Iran, was set up with the assistance of Mossad and of the CIA and often co-operated with both. Meyer Lansky - a sort of underworld warlord - provided money-laundering facilities for Mossad and made large personal donations to Israeli fighting-funds. His name features prominently among the contacts of Clay Shaw's "camouflaged agents" (as investigated by Garrison) and he channelled funds to Mossad paymaster, Rabbi Tibor Rosenbaum's, Banque de Credit Internationale (BCI) from which, via Permindex, Clay Shaw's camouflage operation was financed. If SAVAK (prompted by the CIA) had wanted a local patsy, untraceable to themselves, they would have applied to Mossad's underworld contacts to find one. Mossad would have asked Meyer Lansky who would have nominated his man in the area, Mickey Cohen, who would have selected Sirhan Sirhan. Thus, Piper says, Morrow (citing credible evidence) argues. The motives of CIA/SAVAK/Mossad for assassinating RFK stem mainly from the need to suppress enquiry into the JFK-killing, five years before, which Garrison was investigating at the time. However this may be (and I have not read Morrow's book) unlike LHO (who only realised, after the event, that he had been lied to, who protested his innocence and was then shot by an associate) Y. Amir and Sirhan both seem to believe that they committed murder. Both fired weapons at close range, of course. Neither (perhaps wisely, perhaps out of ignorance) has ever protested his innocence. We might speak of "mind control" here - but why introduce questions about the dubious potential of drugs and hypnosis, when lies, threats and blackmail have all been shown to be quite capable of producing such results? ********** 2 Years in a Tree Alert Date: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 02:04:52 AM From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Two Year Anniversary Celebration for Julia Butterfly Coming Soon Commentary by Darryl Cherney Many redwood forest fans know that Julia Butterfly Hill has been living 180 feet high in a giant redwood since December 10, 1997. She has never touched the ground this entire time. She, perhaps more than any other person, has been primary source for publicity surrounding the redwood issue, engaging in an average of four interviews a day. Some days she does as many as 12 press interviews. Julia chose the tree she sits in, which is called Luna, because it in the middle of a MAXXAM/Pacific Lumber timber plan next to a giant mudslide which destroyed seven families homes and damaged about 30 others, not to mention highway 101 in Stafford, California. Hurwitz's response to this destruction was to offer families as little as a few thousand for their homes and to file another timber harvest plan right next to the mudslide. Julia Butterfly's tree sit represents middle America's rebellion against corporate abuse of the public trust and yes, even the private property of small landowners. Hurwitz, who controls MAXXAM and its subsidiary, Pacific Lumber, has not even considered withdrawing this timber harvest plan in deference to the town's people, many of whom remain terrified of even living in their homes with more logging on the way. Julia Butterfly would like to see Luna, the Giant Redwood protected, but Hurwitz does not see fit to negotiate with her. That is ironic since she has garnished million of dollars of free publicity and continues to become even more famous, stronger and powerful the longer she sits, like many a noted Yogi. No amount of money MAXXAM spends on publicity can outdo the eloquence and passion of this Arkansas Baptist preacher's daughter. Even more astonishing is Julia Butterfly's resolve to remain in the tree. To quote Julia's father, Dale Hill, "If Hurwitz thinks he can outlast my daughter, he doesn't know Julia." Perhaps what Charles Hurwitz fails to understand the most is how people with no money can accomplish so much. A man who owns billions of dollars of wealth must consider Julia Butterfly's annual budget to be one day's petty cash. He may also not be able to understand why some people work without expecting financial compensation. So Hurwitz attempts to fight spiritual passion and love with all the might of his empire. He calls the police with their pepper spray. He sues those who don't comply with his view of the world, trying to extract blood from turnips. He calls in armies of security people. He tries to squelch shareholders freedom of speech at his own shareholder meetings. And yet after 13 years of pitched battle, after the deaths of activists Judi Bari and David Chain, the activists continue with renewed vigor. New energy pores in while the old warhorses increase their wisdom and strategic abilities. Perhaps Hurwitz likes the fight. Perhaps he enjoys stomping on his perceived adversaries, like Julia Butterfly. Will he ever understand that you can not tromp on spirit? Until he understands the passion of Julia Butterfly, until he decides to protect Luna and the land surrounding her, the pathway to peace, including inner peace, will remain elusive to him. December 10, 1999 will mark the two year anniversary of the Luna Tree Sit. Headwaters Forest Activists are currently talking to our usual array of musician friends to celebrate Julia's marathon sit with a star-spangled celebration. She has already been visited by Woody Harrelson, Mickey Hart. Bonnie Raitt, and Joan Baez. She has even been visited by members of the locked-out United Steelworkers of America, who are on strike against MAXXAM's subsidiary, Kaiser Alunimum. These working people see Julia as an inspiration to continue their job action until Hurwitz meets their modest demands. After all, as the men of steel see it, if she can remain up in a tree for 2 years, they can battle Hurwitz from their homes and picket lines just as long and longer. In the meantime, write or call Charles Hurwitz of MAXXAM and tell him what you think and send your donations to Julia Butterfly. Here are the addresses. Charles Hurwitz, Chairman MAXXAM Corporation 5847 San Felipe Houston, TX 77257 Julia Butterfly Hill Circle of Life Foundation PO Box 388 Garberville, CA 95542 You can also visit Julia Butterfly's fantastic web page at: http://www.lunatree.org/ Environmentally Sound Promotions PO Box 2254 Redway, CA 95560 ********** Robalini's Note: I'm all for this change. I'm looking forward to the possibility of CBS News deservedly firing Dan Rather's ass and replacing him with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Better to have our evil fascist propaganda glop served up by nubile young babes dressed up in Catholic schoolgirl uniforms. If it's mind control, at least it's enjoyable mind control. Robert Sterling If today you think Dan Rather and the other "hard hitting journalists" of CBS are a joke, WAIT until the NEW REGIME has been implemented..... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Viacom, CBS to Merge in Record $37-Billion Deal" Los Angeles Times, Sept. 8, 1999 Agreement would form a media giant, second only to Time Warner in size, that combines popular cable properties with major broadcast network. In the largest transaction in media history, Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp. agreed to merge Tuesday in a deal valued at nearly $37 billion in stock, creating the world's second-largest entertainment giant after Time Warner Inc. The marriage catapults the two companies into the top tier of the entertainment industry, creating a media juggernaut with some of the best known brands in television and cable, including MTV, Nickelodeon, the CBS broadcast network and Paramount Pictures. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, VIACOM ("I want my MTV!"), meets Dan Rather Not... who, the last we heard, was busy staging dress rehearsals for wars that have not yet happened (got the video game targets and bombs looking right yet, Dan?). Ah! Fellow citizens... relax, grab a drink, pull up a chair, let your eyes glaze over as you watch the latest fabrications, misrepresentations, and lies... and remember this... BIG IS BEAUTIFUL. Just as that BIG EYE (big lie), logo of CBS is beautiful... it sees all, knows all, watches all... Big Brother never blinks, never sleeps, never weakens. Big Brother loves us.. Mark Vallen ART FOR A CHANGE! [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~mvallen/ "Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." ********** Thursday, September 09, 1999 02:50:36 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] BIG MEDIA APPLAUD BIG MEDIA MERGER By Norman Solomon / Creators Syndicate When the story about Viacom and CBS broke a few days ago, news accounts quickly depicted a match made in corporate heaven -- at more than $37 billion, the largest media merger in history. With the public kept outside the frame, it was a rosy picture. "Analysts hailed the deal as a good fit between two complementary companies," the Associated Press reported flatly. The news service went on to quote "a media analyst" who proclaimed: "It's a good deal for everybody." "Everybody"? Well, everybody who counts in the mass-media calculus. For instance, the media analyst quoted by AP was from the PaineWebber investment firm. "You need to be big," Chris Dixon explained. "You need to have a global presence." Dixon showed up again the next morning in the lead article of The New York Times, along with other high-finance strategists. A woman at Merrill Lynch agreed with his upbeat view of the Viacom-CBS combo. So did a guy from ING Baring: "You can literally pick an advertiser's needs and market that advertiser across all the demographic profiles, from Nickelodeon with the youngest consumers to CBS with some of the oldest consumers." In sync with the prevalent media spin, the Times devoted plenty of ink to assessing advertiser needs and demographic profiles. But for the crucial first day of Times coverage, foes of the Viacom-CBS consolidation did not get a word in edgewise. The Washington Post, meanwhile, provided a similar ode to the latest and greatest media merger, pausing just long enough for a few dissonant notes from media critic Mark Crispin Miller: "The implications of these mergers for journalism and the arts are enormous. It seems to me that this is, by any definition, an undemocratic development. The media system in a democracy should not be inordinately dominated by a few very powerful interests." Amen. But overall, big media outlets -- getting bigger all the time -- offered only narrow and cheery perspectives on the meaning of the humongous merger. Hours after the announcement, the nation's most influential TV news show aired its unwitting parody of corporate-friendly coverage. "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer" featured an interview with two guests. It was hard to tell the financial analyst apart from the journalist, Ken Auletta. Barely able to stifle a smirk in response to Lehrer's beachball questions, Auletta kept repeating that "bigger is better." No one bothered to mention that Auletta -- currently a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine -- can hardly be expected to voice strong objections to the steady march of media monopolization. After all, the owner of The New Yorker is an expanding media conglomerate, Advance Publications, which holds an array of glossy magazines including Vogue, Glamour and Self. Generally, people in glass skyscrapers are uninclined to throw stones. News accounts keep focusing on the market-share preoccupations of investors and top managers. For good measure, coverage of mergers and buyouts is now routinely filled with various permutations of metaphors that liken financial wheeling and dealing to intimate human relations. "The $37.3 billion deal joins not just two enormous media companies," a New York Times article declared the other day, "but two oversized corporate personalities in a marriage that was consummated after a two-year flirtation and a brief but painstakingly intense two-week prenuptial discussion." Ugh. (Is there a sublimation crisis in American journalism?) Perhaps worst of all is the evasive tone that now pervades so many news stories about media consolidation. "The merger impulse," one Times article concluded last Wednesday, "is driven by the belief that at a time of increasing uncertainty in the media business, there is an advantage in owning both the programming and the distribution networks." Translation: With the federal government serving more and more as enabler rather than regulator of rapacious conglomerates, the media business knows few bounds. Today, some huge corporations are sitting on the windpipe of the First Amendment. Meanwhile, many journalists -- and the public at large -- are gasping for the oxygen of public discourse that allows democracy to breathe. With rare exceptions, news outlets have covered the Viacom-CBS deal as a business story. But more than anything else, it's a story with dire implications for possibilities of democratic media as the 21st century gets underway. _________________________________________________ Norman Solomon's latest book is "The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Was the salesman clueless? Productopia has the answers. http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/555 eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/konformist http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications
