bob_brigante wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> We have "Viper" squads in the Bay Area at BART:
>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19588150/
>>
>> Probably not here so much as to protect us against "terrorists" (in
>>
> the
>
>> Bay Area that could easily be right-wing hot headed Texans) but to
>>
> ramp
>
>> up the terrornoia and keep the populace in their schizoid state.
>>
> The
>
>> spokesman for the Viper squad on the local news last night looked
>>
> more
>
>> like someone they would be interested in than running the show.
>>
>> I began celebrating the 4th early by seeing "Sicko" at the local
>>
> art
>
>> house in one of the country's remaining dome theaters. Great film
>>
> and
>
>> there is a slight theme (which no one has mentioned) change at
>>
> about 1
>
>> hour and 15 minutes to pick up on. That's why I'm seeing support
>>
> for
>
>> Michael Moore from areas you wouldn't have expected. At that
>>
> point he
>
>> begins to look at the bigger picture. Much of what Barry has been
>> saying about the French health care system is validated and even
>>
> more.
>
>> You wind up feeling that we're really getting screwed in the US and
>> things really need to change. But gee we wouldn't want Shemp to
>>
> miss
>
>> out on a buck or two on his way to becoming a billionaire would we?
>>
>> BTW, Bill Gates is now the second wealthiest person in the world
>>
> being
>
>> replaced by Mr. Slim the Mexican telecom tycoon. Those going out
>>
> of
>
>> business sales at CompUSA must have been really lucrative.
>>
>> Happy 4th to everyone. It'll be quiet here for a change as the
>>
> weather
>
>> has been too hot and fireworks are banned in this county. That
>>
> still
>
>> usually means that people are setting some off but I only heard a
>>
> few
>
>> firecrackers over the weekend. There's a big fine and jail time
>>
> if you
>
>> set them off these days. But I was over in Union City which is
>>
> another
>
>> country on Monday and the local kids soccer team had a fireworks
>>
> booth.
>
>> Some message to send to kids eh? I love fireworks but where I
>>
> grew up
>
>> as a kid we would set them off at my uncle's farm over a plowed
>>
> field
>
>> where nothing would catch fire. I'm glad I got rid of my shake
>>
> roof on
>
>> Monday.
>>
>>
>
>
> ***********
>
> At least this candidate seems calm in the face of all the
> fearmongering -- in fact, Mike Gravel has clearly made the best
> campaign ad so far:
>
> http://www.slatev.com/
Gravel was on with Thom Hartmann this morning on Air America. He
pretty much considers himself a maverick. They did argue over Gravel's
tax plan which is sales tax based. Hartmann rarely has any candidates
or politicians on other than his regular Fridays with Bernie Sanders.
That's because they have to appear with no rules and a lot of the
politicians even liberal ones will have a list of things he can't talk
about. Apparently Gravel had no such list.
