-Caveat Lector- >From http://www.counterpunch.org/bond1.html
Read the entire article (longish) at site > March 24 - March 30, 2002 > > 50 Years of James Bond > > By Alexander Cockburn --- clip --- > He has much to answer for. Without Fleming we would have had no > OSS, hence no CIA. The cold war would have ended in the early > 1960s. We would have had no Vietnam, no Nixon, no Reagan and no > Star Wars. ---clip--- > Under prime ministers stretching back to Churchill, 007 has done > his best, probably none better, to put Britain's foot forward. He > himself is, with the happy assistance of United Artists, one of > Britain's most successful exports. But if Bond is a fine example > of world cultural integration at the level of kitsch, things have > not always been in good shape on the home front. What has improved > strongly is the coercive apparatus of the state. 'You're nothing > but a stupid policeman,' Dr No told Bond. If he had not had the > misfortune to drown in his own nuclear well, the doctor would have > been unhappy to discover that Bond's trade--policing the British > state--has fared better than most of the other props in the old > museum. In this respect at least, the fantasy came true. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
