[CTRL] Please, please begin a campaign
-Caveat Lector- BFWell, I must admit, I am a bit disappointed. I had higher hopes for this list than have been fulfilled. How much hate can so few generate to confuse so many? Quite a bit, it seems! However, I believe that God will let me reach as many as can be reached, for the length of time I remain here. Let me address a few points. Whether the right-side up pentagram is benevolent or not, I have my own ideas but they are not the point here, the *upside-down* pentagram is denounced even by Wiccans. Yes, the military uses it too in its metals, and to be consistent I would argue for changing this to another symbol. Since even Wiccans would denounce this symbol, my belief is that it should be non-controversial. It certainly has no place in a Judeo-Christian nation. Most would be appalled if they knew, especially given the lethargy of their own religious leaders in pushing for a change. The inverted pentagram is an agreed upon Satanic symbol used by Satanists as such. It should not be a part of the street lay-out of our nation's capital. As far as the Masonic blazing star, I am not sure what to make of it and would assume that perhaps Masonry is split in to many branches, with varying philosophies. I certainly honor the patriotism and dedication of many Masons in our history, including many founding fathers who were Masons. I also believe that many brilliant scientists who challenged ignorance were Masons. Hosptials have functioned on Masonic charity. However, the symbol itself has undeniable connections to Satanism and Luciferianism. That alone should be reason for its removal. Personality should play no part in this decision. Only truth should. Truth is no respecter of person, no matter how righteous they may be in other areas than what we have discussed here. I do not believe we need to dwell on the issue of Masons or conspiracy, issues often rather boring and counter-productive. Instead, let us focus on the spiritual uplift of the nation. Part of this process is that of removing symbols of negativity, especially where they can have a true hold on the highest circles of power. We wonder at the evil actions done by some men within the invisible government, but have we considered what spiritual influences they may have been under? We owe it to our nation to have it removed. This action should be simple, non-controversial, and would not require that we engage in anti-Masonry or quench the spirit of patriotism in any way, as it pertains to honest loyalty to one's country. I do not even care whose idea it was, only that we move beyond the spiritual darkness hovering over our land, especially that seen in Hollywood entertainment. Removing such a core foot-hold for the demonic as this symbol would seem to be a good place to start. Great pains would be made to preserve historical architecture, and the rights of the residents of the areas in question. I am not advocating religious fanaticism, or any kind of Taliban-like repression of art or culture. I am not suggesting that we even touch the Washington Monument, or any historical building of that nature. There is no sentimental value to an inverted pentagram, except perhaps among Marilyn Manson fans. We would not disrupt the functioning of the capital, and this would benefit our nation in ways beyond the pragmatic, simple act urban design. I would hope that those who can hear me would act. We can use this as a chance to improve the lives of poor people in the capital, employing them in the process of healing our nation. I understand that so much of urban renewal has been used as a weapon against the poor. I believe that this can be different. I also believe that as we renounce the coat of darkness hanging over our capital, crime will go down because the unseen influences behind violence would loose power. Please, those who hear me and can act please do act. The rest of you I cannot change, and would only wish you the best. For the skeptic, please understand that I believe so little can accomplish so much. It is precisely because I do believe that this country has demonstrated many positive values, different races and cultures living together in equality and justice, that I value it. I have no motives against patriotism, as has been alleged, but only its true preservation. Thankyou, Bates A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
[CTRL] [2ndrepoftexas] By the Dawn's Early Light (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 05:08:55 -0800 (PST) From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [2ndrepoftexas] By the Dawn's Early Light Dear President Bush: Suppose the U.N. were to give a large portion of Texas to the modern Indian people because their ancestors had once inhabited and owned Texas. Then suppose 5,000,000 foreigners claiming to be the rightful inheritors of those lands streamed in, killing tens of thousands of current Texans, seizing their land and driving them from Texas by the millions, traumatizing the men, women and children of Texas daily for 50 years in the process. What would you say? You might very well call the 5,000,000 foreigners, invaders; and thieves; and terrorists. You might lead Texans in fighting daily to reclaim their lands using guns and bombs and all kinds of imported weapons. You would fight for your lands would you not? Especially if you realized that the invaders couldn't even come close to proving that they are the rightful inheritors of the lands of the Ancient Indian peoples any more than many other foreign groups. You would call the invaders terrorists and thieves and impostors. Please tell the Palestinian people why their real circumstance is not like the hypothetical one of the Texans. POC -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:15:05 -0800 (PST) From: Franklin Wayne Poley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LIFE-GAZETTE] WHO has Right of Return to Israel: The Question of True Israelite Identity Dear CTV: A posting on [EMAIL PROTECTED] apprised me that you are looking for panelists for your Feb. 7 Program on Israel vs. Palestine. I am qualified to be a panelist by having earned my doctorate in philosophy-psychology with thesis and oral defenses in nature-nurture theories or behaviour genetics (U of A, 1971). The relevancy of that has to do with the root issue here which is a claim of inheritance, otherwise referred to as Right of Return or Identity. Let me explain further how this applies to your forthcoming program. BTW, I have cc'd Prime Minister Chretien's office because of the reference below re my letter to Jerusalem Post during his last visit to that region. The Israel vs. Palestine conflict is, at its foundation, a matter of Right of Return. Both Israeli Jews and Palestinian Christians and Muslims lay claim to Right of Return. Israel's Law of Return is one of its Constitutional Documents (it has a set of documents and principles said to be Constitutional instead of a single Constitution as is the case for USA for example). Behind the Law of Return there is a principle, the Right of Return. Unless that principle is valid, the Law of Return is not worth the paper on which it is written. Palestinians also claim Right of Return. Right of Return to where? Neither side disputes that in this region, albeit within uncertain borders by today's knowledge, there is a territory promised by God (or G-d if you prefer) to the Israelites. Whether that Deed from the Almighty is still valid today is one issue. But I would rather leave that to the theologians for debate. I am assuming, for the purpose of this analysis, that it is valid today. The framework for analysis below is based on consideration of the three broad factors (Biological, Cultural and Spiritual) which exhaust most, if not all, of the possibilities. To lay a claim to Right of Return, one would have to invoke these factors and their sub-factors. To say that a modern people called Jews have the exclusive Right of Return begs the question. Jews are not necessarily the modern-day Israelites. The Law of Return reads For the purposes of this law, 'Jew' means a person who was born of a Jewish mother or has become converted to Judaism and who is not a member of another religion. It doesn't say anything about whether modern Jews are Israelites. The Jewish Alamanac (1980, p. 3) says Strictly speaking, it is incorrect to call an Ancient Israelite a 'Jew' or to call a contemporary Jew an Israelite or Hebrew. Right of Return then becomes a matter of IDENTITY. Whose modern identity can be most closely matched to the ancient identity of a people who lived some 3,000 years ago? What specific reasons would one give for an inheritance right to the lands of the Ancient Israelites? If we accept that God's promise to the Ancient Israelites is valid today, it comes down to identity. How would one identify a modern Israelite, after the passage of three millenia? While the essay below is phrased in terms of CI (Christian Identity) vs. JI (Jewish Identity), that does not exclude Muslims from this analysis. It is just that CI and JI have more developed positions in the public domain. If my argument is correct, the first two factors (biological
[CTRL] Fwd: Charles Maxwell on Hubbert's Peak
---BeginMessage--- Investing on the Hubbert curve - Oil Gas Investor, January 2002 Author: Charles T Maxwell The noted geophysicist M. King Hubbert (1903-1989) was the first man to effectively apply principles of geology, physics and mathematics (in combination) to the projection of future oil production from the U.S. reserve base. The Shell employee and, later, geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, was a brilliant scientist but was described by contemporaries as sometimes abrasive and having a short temper. He did not suffer fools gladly and was always a center of controversy. Yet, Hubbert's contributions to the industry included seminal research papers on the formation of geological structures, the theory of petroleum migration and the influence of fluid pressure on the movement of faults. His most famous predictive analysis was published in 1956. In it, he indicated that our conventional crude-oil production would go over the top of a great curve in the early 1970s and start down. Much scientific heat was generated by Hubbert's conclusion at that time. It was widely assumed that America's oil output could still climb for many decades as new areas were opened and new technologies applied. In 1970, the U.S. hit its high point of oil output and subsequently entered a period of production decline that has continued to this day. Hubbert had been right on target. He had accomplished one of the most challenging intellectual feats of the 20th century: measurement of the rate of depletion of a main commodity resource underpinning society, with the implicit warning that it was not inexhaustible, and that its peak production was closer than many believed. Hubbert's views logically suggested America would soon have to make a transition from oil surpluses to oil deficits, from cheap oil to expensive oil, and that this new universe of tightening supplies would be quite different from what we were then experiencing (and are still experiencing now). Although Hubbert lived to see his projections for the U.S. come true, the oil industry and academia never fully accepted his views despite their apparent accuracy. Partly owing to this and partly because U.S. companies soon took their technology, experience and capital to foreign lands where oil output quickly surged, allowing our national needs to be met by increasing imports of crude (60% of total U.S. demand in the past six months), Hubbert's name, and the concepts he developed, are not so well known today. However, it seems likely that they will be again, since the principles he used, now refined by computers, better data and improved modeling techniques, are applicable to world crude output today in the same way they were to U.S. output in the 1950s. Depletion of the global resource base of crude oil continues to accelerate, while the classic days of successful exploration (in terms of billions of barrels added each year to the world's reserves) are falling far behind us. Has anyone pointed out to you recently (after proper adjustments for the true discovery date of reserves) that the world oil industry is now producing approximately twice the volume of crude it is finding each year? That the peak global oil discovery volumes were made in the mid-1960s and that we have been in an inexorable descent since then? That in the late 1980s, new discoveries fell below the level of current production, and are still falling, despite the application of many powerful technological tools in the 1990s? And that 70% of the oil you are consuming today was found 25 years ago or more? These are points that oil companies (and governments) find awkward to discuss. One reason is that there are so many conflicting views of experts. Who is one to believe? Another is that while the Hubbert Curve or Hubbert Peak cannot be proven to work in any exact time sequence, widespread debate about it would certainly raise warning flags for some elements in society, and environmental passions in others. Should sleeping dogs be wakened in this case? Lastly, recognition of the effects of Hubbert's math could imply an end to volumetric growth for most oil companies in the intermediate term-not an eagerly awaited event. However, we are at a point now where these issues need airing. Effective energy policies for the U.S. are part of an ongoing national debate, and investors are asking where the flow of funds into the energy sector should be concentrated to bring the best results. The shadow of Hubbert looms large over these discussions. Suddenly, we are troubled by issues on a world scale that he was dealing with on a national scale back in the 1950s. And the resolution of them is just as elusive today as it must have been back then, only now we have no new world of exploration to turn to as an alternative to our depletion of the old one. Hubbert's projections, at midcentury, were embodied in a rising line of conventional
[CTRL] [2ndrepoftexas] UN Grants Half of Texas to Indians...Then what? (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 06:31:25 -0800 (PST) From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [2ndrepoftexas] UN Grants Half of Texas to Indians...Then what? -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 06:28:27 -0800 (PST) From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FreePalestine! Re: [worlds-indigenous-people] sign-on letter re Draft UN Declaration I have to wonder what President Bush would say if the UN were to heed your declaration and grant part of Texas to the descendents of the Indian people who lived there 3,000 years ago. Would he tell modern Texans to quietly go along and not fight to defend their land lest they be called terrorists? POC On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rainforest Foundation - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Friends, Below please find an urgent sign-on letter regarding the Draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. If you would like to sign on, please send your name and affiliation the way you'd like it to appear on the letter to Christine Halvorson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] by noon on Tuesday, February 5th. Additionally, please circulate this email to all of your colleagues, encouraging them to add their names, as well as to any other organizations that have an interest in this area. Because of the tight turn-around time of this letter, we will include a disclaimer which states organizations listed for affiliation purposes only which will allow people to avoid some bureaucracy if necessary. If your organization should be listed for affiliation purposes only, please put a * by your organization's name. The idea to write this letter came out of meetings that were organized to build NGO support for indigenous demands in the various instruments being discussed on the international level, among them the UN Declaration. The Draft Declaration is being discussed right now in Geneva during the ongoing Intersessional Working Group Meeting on the Declaration. It is important that the governmental delegations and chair of the Working Group receive the letter, and that our colleagues working on the ground in Geneva are able to use it to reinforce their positions. Therefore, the more support we have for the letter, the more likely that our letter can make a difference. The UN Draft Declaration sets out the rights of indigenous individuals and of indigenous peoples, nations and tribes, including self-determination, land rights and cultural rights. The attached factsheet describes some of the main issues contained in the declaration (factsheet courtesy of the Indian Law Alliance). If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us, or visit the ILRC's website which has the Draft Declaration posted (www.indianlaw.org). The text of the letter follows this email. Once the name of the chair has been made public, we will address it appropriately. Thanks for your help, and we look forward to receiving your responses of support. Kristen Hansen Legal Intern Rainforest Foundation - US www.savetherest.org Text of Sign-on Letter regarding Draft UN Declaration: [LETTERHEAD] February 5, 2002 [To the Chair of the U.N. Working Group] U.N. Centre for Human Rights Palais des Nations CH 1211 Geneva Switzerland (double check address for new chair) [Name]: We, the undersigned, are staff of non-governmental organizations who wish to express our solidarity with the Indigenous Peoples caucus and who support their demand for a strong Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous peoples. We believe that the current draft is an important advance for Indigenous peoples and we will work for its timely passage. In particular, we urge continued inclusion in the document of the following points that have been identified as key elements and crucial to a strong Declaration. They are: · Use of the word âpeoplesâ. Use of peoples to identify indigenous groups based primarily on their self-perception as distinct from other groups, as well on other cultural, political, social, religious, and historical tendencies. âPeoplesâ must be further understood to include the attendant and essential right to self-determination. Furthermore, in 2001, the Organization of American States Working Group on the proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples agreed by consensus to use the term âpeoplesâ throughout that declaration, and we urge the United Nations Working Group to do the same. · The right of self-determination. Self-determination is an inherent right as applied to all peoples under international law, and includes the rights to
[CTRL] Fwd: Bush League All-Stars (TiM Bulletin 2002/2-1, Feb 3, 2002)
---BeginMessage--- FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA We are pleased to tell you that the latest Truth in Media Global Watch Bulletin is now available at our Web site. To read it, just click on the animated (green) THE NEWS button to go to our latest report. Of course, you can also click on the TiM Bulletins Index button in the left frame - to go to selections of our Bulletins archived by geographic regions and subjects, and in chronological order. Or click on any other button in the left frame for other topics of interest. And now, here are the headlines of the latest TiM Bulletin. Just keep in mind that our stories are CONSTANTLY updated, and that the e-mail text enclosed below is often merely the first edition of a story. So we recommend that you keep checking the TiM Web site daily, so that you would not miss out on some important news or commentary updates. --- Truth in Media's GLOBAL WATCH Bulletin 2002/2-1 3-Feb-2002 --- Topic: AMERICAN AFFAIRS -- HIGHLIGHTS Phoenix 1. Bush League All-Stars Budapest2. Enron's Croat Connection http://www.truthinmedia.org/Bulletins2002/2-1.html - NOTE: To cancel the e-mail editions of our reports, just reply REMOVE or UNSUBSCRIBE, followed by your e-mail address. - Who Says Money Cannot Buy Presidency, Favors? Enrons Peons, Unocals Yokels 1. Bush League All-Stars Death Merchants, Oil Companies, Hijack Foreign Policy; Americans Act as Volunteer Hostages PHOENIX, Feb. 3 - Who says money cannot buy a presidency? Yes, even Presidency of the United States. Its just that the bigger the office, the bigger the price But also the bigger the returns to the buyers of political favors. Enter Enrons Ken Lay, Bush Sr.s close pal, by far the brightest of the Bush League All-Stars. With over $2.5 million in his own and corporate political contributions, Lay was by far the biggest financial supporter of Dubyas campaigns. Which is why the Presidents claim sounded so lame when he tried to deflect the blame. He said that Lay/Enron supported the Democrats. True to the tune of less than half a million dollars. But the Bush League Republicans got more than $2 million from the failed energy company and its former chief (see the chart and Bush League All-Stars table). Besides, Lay spread his fortune around. This erstwhile political power broker seemed to try to buy favors left, right and center. He and his wife, for example, neither of them Jewish, were the biggest donors to the Holocaust Museum in Houston, agreeing to fund 10% of the museums $3 million budget, according to Actualité juive, a French Jewish weekly (Jan. 24 issue). They also got our Pretzel Prez to be the guest of honor at a fund-raising dinner for the museum in March of last year. (Also see, Enrons Croat Connection, Item 2 of this TiM report). From social to economic influence, Lay and Enron had their fingerprints all over the Bush administration. In fact, Enrons One Good Return (Was) Political Investments, read the headline of a Jan. 31 editorial by Wall Street Journals Albert Hunt. Which is why when George W. Bush did an abrupt turn-about-face on Jan. 23 - from supporting Lay/Enron to criticizing both - he committed the ultimate sin of a politician and of the members of the worlds oldest profession. He didnt stay bought! (the only honest politician is one who stays bought, according to an old political saw). By contrast, Pretzel Prezs Veep, Dick Cheney, isnt even trying to distance himself from his ties to Lay/Enron. Claiming that he is supposedly protecting the executive privilege, Cheney has refused to release the details of his various meetings with Lay which were said to influence the Bush administrations energy policy. In turn, the GAO office is now suing the White House in order to gain access to the transcripts of those meetings (talk about arrogance and obstinacy one government branch having to sue another to get information!). This much is clear Lay/Enron first lobbied Washington to support a huge power plant in India which the World Bank called a white elephant eight years ago. Then it tried extortion (threat of Washington sanctions) to get $2 billion from Indias government. Writes the Journals Hunt: Vice President Cheney, on June 27, lobbied Indian opposition leader, Sonia Gandhi, on behalf of Enron, shortly after the Cheney energy task force specifically recommended promoting energy production India. What was Enron's role? Mr. Cheney won't say The Enron/India episode undercuts the administration's contention that it only followed its free-market principles. Treasury Secretary O'Neill
[CTRL] Fwd: Today's News and Commentary from Friends of Liberty 020402
---BeginMessage--- Friends of Liberty, International http://www.friendsofliberty.com Help Support FLI Visit the Liberty Mart http://www.friendsofliberty.com/libertymart/directory.htm All replies or comments should be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] == == Today's News and Commentary from Friends of Liberty 020402 == THE MOTHER OF ALL RECESSIONS, REVISITED February 4, 2002 - by Carl Worden When I wrote The Mother of All Recessions, published in the Vigo Examiner one year ago this month, the writing was all over the wall for those with eyes to see it. One year later, job losses have continued to climb. Huge corporate Titanics like Enron have gone down with almost all hands aboard, and more are certain to follow. Our federal government refused to acknowledge the coming recession, and only a few months ago admitted the recession I warned you all about had commenced in March 2001, one month after I sent out that warning. Read it http://www.friendsofliberty.com/carlworden/2002/020402.htm The Bush Crusade Against Terrorism February 4, 2002 - by Sartre Our holy father, President George W. Bush has embarked on a quest that will muster the faithful of righteousness against the forces of darkness. Or so we are led to believe. Where have we heard such appeals to fight a bitter war to make the world safe for Democracy. This time the only resemblance to democratic self determination is a required acceptance of the New World Order. Read it http://www.friendsofliberty.com/sartre/2002/020402.htm Alex Gimarc's Interesting Items February 4, 2002 - by Alex Gimarc 1. Global Crossing 2. Dodd 3. Axis of Evil 4. State of the Union 5. Young 6. 401K Rules http://www.friendsofliberty.com/alexgimarc/2002/012902.htm WORDS FOR EACH SEASON February 4 , 2002 - by Kathleen P. Jachowski I knew it! I knew it was just a matter of time before two of the great guiding words of public discourse would be changed. The particular words I'm referring to are 'consensus and heritage'. In case you had not noticed, these are 'out of fashion', having been replaced by 'collaboration and legacy'. Read it http://www.friendsofliberty.com/jachowski/2002/020402.htm Evolutionary Theology Neither Heresy Nor Theresy February 4, 2001 - by Fred Reed I recently wrote a column in which I referred to the theory of evolution as a religion, and received indignant inquiries as to what I meant. This is what I meant:Read it http://www.friendsofliberty.com/fredreed/2002/020402.htm A Decade Of Hype... February 4, 2002 - by Charles Shiflett We've all been exposed numerous times to the story of the tortoise and the hare. Many of you also know the biblical parable of building one's house on sand versus building on rock. In many ways these stories remind me of our recently finished decade of the 90's. Let's review the many achievements of that era and see how well they have stood the test of time. Read it http://www.friendsofliberty.com/shiflett/2002/020402.htm In Defense of John Walker's Parents February 4, 2002 - by Glenn J. Sacks Many Americans seem to want to put Marilyn Walker and Frank Lindh on trial along with their son John. However, America could learn more from what John Walker's parents have done right than by what they did wrong. Read it http://www.friendsofliberty.com/glennsacks/2002/020402.htm THE PARANORMAL weird events in a weird world February 4, 2002 - by Dorothy Anne Seese These are the events that do not make the nightly news. They aren't mentioned on radio newsbreaks on the hour at our radio stations, nor are they discussed on daytime talk radio. As far as television, these are the things not explored by news, but confined to science fiction ... that way, the viewing audience can turn off the set after the program and forget about them. Read it http://www.friendsofliberty.com/dorothyseese/2002/020402.htm - Permission granted to repost any article in its entirety, so long as the URL is included in the post, and proper credit is given to the author. Become a member of FLI and get the book Michael New: Mercenary or American Soldier http://www.friendsofliberty.com/membersdoorway.htm Visit the Southern Cross Sales and wholesale and let loose your Rebel Pride! http://www.friendsofliberty.com/libertymart/susann.htm Take advantage of our low advertising rates, and see how you can help the Friend of Liberty of your choice! Visit http://www.friendsofliberty.com/advertising.htm or call us at 713-771-4752 All of these and more can be found at http://www.friendsofliberty.com Post your message on our messageboard! http://pub46.ezboard.com/bfriendsofliberty56818 Or, join our discussion list! Just go to our subscribe page at http://www.friendsofliberty.com/submit/subscribe.htm Want to know how YOU can be listed as a Friend of Liberty? http://www.friendsofliberty.com/submit/oesubmit.htm (You don't have to be a paying member to be listed on the FLI site as a Friend of
[CTRL] Post-9/11 security fears usher in subdermal chips
-Caveat Lector- Source: http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26316 ~ Post-9/11 security fears usher in subdermal chips VeriChip recipients can be ID'd, monitored anywhere in the world Editor's note: After WorldNetDaily first publicized the Digital Angel a sophisticated miniaturized tracking device intended for subdermal implantation in large numbers of human beings the manufacturer, Applied Digital Solutions, took cover. Under criticism by privacy advocates, as well as Christians concerned over the biblically prophesized mark of the beast, the Nasdaq-traded company removed all references to human implantation from its website. Its CEO claimed publicly that there were no plans to make the technology implantable, but rather for the user to wear the device outside his body, say, on a wristwatch. Then came Sept. 11, and the resulting urgent national drive to increase America's homeland security. And in this new climate of fear, in which many Americans are susceptible to valuing safety over freedom, security over privacy, the company has found its golden opportunity to re-introduce the subdermal microchip implant it had previously deemed too hot for the American public to handle. By Sherrie Gossett © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com Heads up, future cyborgs! Implantable chips are back in the news, with the current focus on a tiny chip that can be injected into your body, then used to identify and monitor you. Media reports are calling it the stuff of science fiction, and Reuters likened it to something from the 1999 blockbuster film, The Matrix. Referring to the chip, David Coursey of ZDNet contends that even paranoia has a point, and John Soat of Information Week predicts that now the call for a national ID system takes on a whole new meaning. At the center of the worldwide media stir: the announcement by Applied Digital Solutions of Palm Beach, Fla. (Nasdaq: ADSX) of its implantable VeriChip. In a post-9/11 landscape, where various high-tech security systems are vying for supremacy and a lasting relationship with the government, ADS wants its piece of the pie. These high-tech security systems have sparked a renewed debate over how best to profit from emergent identification technologies while maintaining a fair balance between civil liberties and the increased need for homeland security. Critics of the chip express concerns over the specter of persons being injected with the chips against their will, perhaps surreptitiously in conjunction with a routine vaccination. In addition, they are concerned about the possibility of such chips eventually being mandated by the government as a form of ID. But let's separate the science from the fiction. What is the VeriChip? How does it work? What is its potential relationship to government? Is it really a potential threat to civil liberties or a life-saving miracle of science? 'Enhance present forms of ID' The VeriChip is a syringe-injectable radio-frequency device about the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen. It's designed to carry a unique ID number and other critical personal data. Once injected, the chip can be activated by an external scanner, and radio frequency signals then transmit the ID number and other stored information to a telephone, the Internet or an FDA-compliant data-storage site. Its initial use is being touted as an ID for medical implants, such as heart-regulating devices and artificial joints. The chip can hold info on required settings, the device's original components, and other essential parameters. It is also a ready source of data about the implantee's identity and medical condition. As WorldNetDaily reported in March 2000, Applied Digital Solutions is also pushing use of the chip for emergency and security applications, to enhance present forms of ID, to enable search-and-rescue operations, and assist in various law enforcement activities. The company contends that its technology is superior to biometric technologies, pointing out that implantation makes it a tamper-proof means of identification, substantially diminishing theft, loss, duplication or counterfeit. Are critics' concerns over privacy and tracking capabilities of the chip legitimate? Or are they just the technophobic squawkings of a collective pen of Chicken Littles? The Los Angeles Times contends that these chips are not true tracking devices and that the next generation of body chips, which transmit signals from a distance is still several years away. Futurist Paul Saffo says, This is rightly going to prompt a debate but the good news is we still have years to figure it out. Do we? To truly understand the future potential of this technology, it is necessary to look back to perhaps one of the most underreported events of 2000. Back to the future The event was the private unveiling of ADS's prototypical Digital Angel technology
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] Enron as Iran-Contra Redux
---BeginMessage--- from an old post at free republic http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a389b6b6e3fd7.htm The whole SL debacle was a huge money laundry/grower for the CIA's Iran-Contra cocaine money. Set up a chain of cash based businesses, corner markets, multiplex movie theaters, video rental places, etc., businesses with high cash intake and no real inventory tracking. Commingle the drug proceeds with the store profits and (after taxes) send to a deposit broker who brokers the cash into hundreds of separate deposits with a target SL, all under the $100,000 insurable limit. This is WHY the limit on insured deposits was cranked up that high. With the connivance of an officer at the bank, send straw borrowers to borrow that money back out again against over-valued collateral. The loan proceeds are wired anywhere in the world, cleaned and ready for use. The loan defaults, and the SL collapses. And here's the really great part. The CIA druggies are still on the books for their original insured deposits, to be reimbursed by the taxpayer! Presto, ten million in drug money becomes (after various expenses and bribes) eighteen million in just 6 months with zero risk. Except to the taxpayer, of course. If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched. -- George Bush, cited in the June, 1992 Sarah McClendon Newsletter Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FONT COLOR=#99Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial /FONTA HREF=http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/xYTolB/TM;BClick Here!/B/A -~- Please let us stay on topic and be civil. To unsubscribe please go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs -Home Page- www.cia-drugs.org OM Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ---End Message---
[CTRL] The Strange Case of the Gilmer (Texas) Cannibal Cult
-Caveat Lector- Copyright (c) © (copr) 1997 all rights reserved by TJH Internet SP and Earth Operations Central. All comments are strictly my unsupported opinion unless based upon promotional blurb extracted from the websites linked herein, or authenticated as a legal action. This is by no means an exhaustive nor definitive list, and no particular recommendation nor assurance of authenticity is to be inferred from a listing herein, unless cited from authoratiative legal or scholarly source. The Strange Case of the Gilmer (Texas) Cannibal Cult A SUMMARY OF EVENTS IN GILMER, TEXAS In 1992, fifteen children in Gilmer, Texas were removed from their extended families of origin and placed in protective, therapeutic foster care after investigations by Child Protective Services revealed their sadistic sexual abuse and victimization by parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and others. * A special prosecutor was appointed to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice. Scott Lyford, a Galveston attorney, and his investigative team were able to accumulate sufficient evidence to gain indictments and convictions against the eight defendants. * As the children became increasingly secure in their foster care environment and in their therapeutic relationship with a mental health professional, they began to reveal details of their victimization which included elements of ritualistic abuse such as being forced to ingest blood, urine and feces, deviant sex practices, and other behaviors indicative of ritual activities. * One of the abused children disclosed special knowledge regarding the disappearance of an area teenager, Kelly Wilson. This child implicated his sexual abuse perpetrators and an area police officer in the abduction, rape, torture, and murder of Ms. Wilson, a 17 year old Gilmer resident who disappeared on January 5, 1992. * When confronted with the child's testimony, two of the adults confessed to the offenses and one of the adults directed the investigative team to a property owned by the paternal grandparents of the children where the adult alleged some ritual activities had taken place, including the murder of Kelly Wilson. The two adults subsequently recanted their confessions, and later confessed again. One of the adults plea bargained to a lessor offense for which she has been convicted but not sentenced. Both adults submitted to polygraph evaluations whose results supported their confessions. * After the disclosures of ritual abuse, the allegations regarding the murder of Kelly Wilson, and the implications by some of the victims and some of the perpetrators that others, including a police officer were involved in the crimes, the Texas Attorney General's office released the special prosecutor and his investigative team and took over the case. * Assistant Attorney General Shane Phelps directed the grand jury to no bill the defendants. However, the grand jury did not follow this direction and instead dismissed the indictment without prejudice allowing the state to reconsider the case at a future date. * The Special Prosecutor, his investigative team, and the CPS caseworkers who have been advocating for the fifteen children, allege that the Attorney General's office has lost evidence, misinterpreted their investigation, not proceeded with it's own investigation, interfered with the children's psychotherapy, and have removed the children from their foster care without concern for the well-being of the children. These individuals further allege that the state of Texas, via the Attorney General's office, has retraumatized the children by forcibly removing them from their foster mother and by engaging in punitive and damaging strategies in order to command the children's cooperation. The State Attorney General has been unresponsive to residents of Gilmer and others who have attempted to lobby for the welfare of these child victims and requested a complete and thorough public disclosure regarding the circumstances of the children's victimization. * Currently, the Special Prosecutor, his investigative team, and the CPS Caseworkers are being sued by some of the alleged child abuse perpetrators for malicious prosecution and other alleged improprieties. The State of Texas has denied these individuals the option of state funded independent legal counsel, despite evidence of a conflict of interest between the Attorney General's office and these individuals. * The children's foster mother's ability to visit with and nurture these children has reportedly been made contingent upon her assistance in soliciting the children's cooperation with their current psychotherapeutic team. There has been an implication that her failure to assist may result in the children's return to their abusive families of origin. * The psychiatrist currently heading the children's treatment team, Bruce Perry, M.D., and assistant Attorney General
[CTRL] Ritual Abuse is Not Alien Abduction
-Caveat Lector- http://web.archive.org/web/19991011083213/members.cruzio.com/~ratf/ Let's Get Real... Ritual Abuse is Not Alien Abduction It's Not the X-Files It's done by people. Sick, Trapped, and Power-hungry people. We believe in ritual abuse because we witnessed ritual abuse. The Santa Cruz Ritual Abuse Task Force Home Page About Ritual Abuse If you don't believe it... Listing of Ritual Crimes Report Summary of the McMartin Preschool Archeological Dig Who We Are Mission and Purpose Services provided to the Santa Cruz Area Services provided to Other Areas Links to sites of interest About Ritual Abuse Ritual abuse is abuse performed in the name of an ideology or a belief structure. When people say ritual abuse they mean severe abuse, including torture, rape, and all forms of sexual abuse. Sometimes ritual abuse means child prostitution and pornography, murder, and animal and human sacrifice. These acts are done to instill an ideology and to control the victim underneath layers of secrecy. Because these acts are extreme, ritual abuse has been both sensationalized and discounted as hype. This is result of trying to simplify a complex form of abuse. Truly understanding ritual abuse means taking in all pieces of a complex system. Many widely held beliefs about ritual abuse are not true. * Not all ritual abuse is satanic, although this is part of some survivors' experience. * Not all survivors of ritual abuse repress the memories of the abuse. As with all trauma, some survivors forget their experiences, some remember, and some remember in part. * Ritual abuse has nothing to do with alien abduction. It has been linked to paranormal experience by those who want to discount survivors. It is only sensationalism when someone plays up the occult aspects of an abuser's belief system. Examples of ritual abuse are not hard to find and the individual elements of ritual abuse widely believed. * When members of the Temple of the Sun were found murdered in Switzerland, the locals said they had no idea that the cult existed. * When Milwaukee police found a 14 year old boy wandering naked, bleeding, and drugged through the streets in the middle of the night, they readily returned him to Jeffrey Dalmer, who then killed him. It would have been unthinkable at that point to accuse Dalmer of cannibalism and mass murder. * Brainwashing and mind control is common in cults, both underground and above-ground. * Animal and human sacrifice, while sounding like ancient history, is still going on. * Dozens of cases of ritual abuse have been successfully tried in America. This, despite the fact that most cases that go to court downplay evidence of ritual abuse in order to get a conviction. And, as with domestic violence, few cases go to court. Ritual abuse is done by people. It is a complex form of abuse, and if only a part of a survivor's story is told, it can be easily manipulated into sounding ludicrous. But complete stories of ritual abuse are not so easy to discount. It is a misunderstood and misrepresented form of real abuse in the extreme. It deserves attention. Write to us with your questions, comments, or suggestions. Return to Top If you don't believe... If you don't believe in ritual abuse, trying keeping an open mind. Almost all the information out there about ritual abuse is wrong, either distorted through sarcasm or sensationalism. Please read through this site and listen to what we survivors say about our own experience. Because we are survivors of ritual abuse, we know it exists. This should go without saying, but to survivors, questions about the existence of ritual abuse is irrelevant. We know what we saw, what we experienced. But we realize that the first question for a non-survivor is Does this stuff really happen? So we have dedicated this site to what's not being said about ritual abuse. Try to understand that much of what you have heard about ritual abuse from all sides of this issue comes from non-survivors. Although most coverage of survivors on talk shows portray us as damaged people who are dependent on our therapists, we are very strong people. Many survivors never go into therapy (most therapists won't work with ritual abuse survivors), or go in and out of therapy. Often ritual abuse is referred to as satanic ritual abuse, even though most people who self-identify as ritual abuse survivors aren't survivors of satanism. All definitions of ritual abuse that are written by survivors define it as abuse within an ideology - any ideology. Because satanism is sensational and imbedded in our cultural mythos, media coverage, both believing and disbelieving, have dealt with satanism more than all other forms of ritual abuse combined. So ask yourself, do you really
[CTRL] Bush Budget is Incredibly Evil
-Caveat Lector- Let's see, $48 billion more in corporate welfare for defense contractors. More money to the big bankers in the form of interest on the new deficits. More money for the Homeland Clampdown. Reductions in everything else. Oh, and tax cuts for big business and the rich. America's infrastructure (roads, hospitals, flood prevention, schools, and other basic, vital parts of our nation and American lives) has been crumbling for over 20 years, and this budget is a death blow. Is this what it means to Promote the General Welfare? I don't consider myself particularly liberal or anti-Bush, but this budget is really evil and shortsighted. From the Associated Press: Defense is projected to receive a $48 billion boost, the biggest increase in two decades, and spending to make Americans more secure at home nearly doubling to $37.7 billion. To make room for those big gains, scores of other programs from highway spending to environmental projects, would be cut. He pledged to wage a bold agenda for government reform that would eliminate wasteful spending by using for the first time a formal performance rating that determined which government programs were failing to do their job effectively. Bush's proposed cuts include a $9 billion reduction in highway spending, reductions in water projects by the Army Corps of Engineers and elimination of hundreds of education and health projects that lawmakers had won congressional approval for last year for their home districts. Critics contended Bush was wielding the budget knife to protect his most prized economic achievement: last year's passage of a massive $1.35 trillion, 10-year tax cut. Overall, Bush proposes new tax cuts totaling $591 billion over 10 years. Two major reductions involve tax relief for corporations and higher-income individuals that are part of his economic stimulus program that has been stalled in the Senate because of Democratic objections. Bush proposes getting $1.2 billion in new revenue by leasing the drilling rights in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, something strongly opposed by environmentalists...One of the president's savings would be a $9 billion reduction in 2003 in federal payments to hospitals. Al Hidell PARANOIA: The Conspiracy Reader PO Box 1041 Providence, RI 02901 [EMAIL PROTECTED] A HREF=http://www.paranoiamagazine.com;http://www.paranoiamagazine.com/A A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
[CTRL] fwd: New Enron scandal link to Bush
-Caveat Lector- --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: matthew d spotted this on the Guardian Unlimited site and thought you should see it. To see this story with its related links on the Guardian Unlimited site, go to http://www.guardian.co.uk New Enron scandal link to Bush Two given energy jobs after firm's former head suggested them to White House Duncan Campbell in New Orleans Friday February 01 2002 The Guardian The former head of Enron, Kenneth Lay, gave the White House a list of his personal recommendations for key federal energy posts and two of the people on his list were appointed, it emerged yesterday, providing the strongest evidence so far of the political influence wielded by President Bush's biggest financial backer. The revelation is likely to increase pressure on the Bush administration to open the books on its contacts with Mr Lay and his associates. The Enron scandal is now threatening to reach to the heart of the White House. Mr Lay put forward his list of suggested members of the federal energy regulatory commission last spring. Two of the people he suggested, Pat Wood, a Texas Republican who now chairs the commission, and Nora Brownell, were appointed by the president. Mr Lay himself disclosed details of the list in an interview recorded last May but only broadcast yesterday. I brought a list, we certainly presented a list, Mr Lay told the PBS channel. As I recall, I signed a letter which, in fact, had some recommendations as to people we thought would be good commissioners. The list of around eight names was given to Mr Bush's director of personnel, Clay Johnson. The White House moved swiftly to distance itself from the claim, which ties the administration more closely with the former Enron chief. It was one of many, many recommendations, said a White House spokeswoman, Anne Womack. She added that other members of the energy industry, members of Congress and government officials had all submitted suggestions. Mr Lay will give evidence next week to congressional panels investigating the affair. In May, the ex-chairman of the commission, Curtis Hebert, said he had received a call from Mr Lay offering Enron's backing to help him keep his job if he adapted his views on deregulation. Mr Hebert said he had turned down the offer. Mr Lay confirmed the call had taken place, but said it was Mr Hebert who had asked for Enron's backing to keep his job. Mr Hebert also said that a few weeks after his appointment Mr Lay had told him on the telephone that he and Enron would like to support me as chairman, but we would have to agree on principles. While Vice-President Dick Cheney has said that he met Enron officials to discuss energy policy, he is declining to give details of conversations during six meetings to the general accounting office, which has indicated it will go to court to force the White House to identify which energy industry figures met Mr Cheney. The congressional panels conducting the inquiries have run into problems in extracting information from Enron itself in the wake of the bankruptcy, which has put thousands out of work and wiped out retirement funds. The chairman of the Senate commerce subcommittee, Byron Dorgan, said the corporation had not cooperated with requests for documents. We again renew our request, he said. Many key documents have already been shredded. Enron was the largest contributor to Mr Bush's election campaign, donating £1.2m. Mr Lay, a close friend of the president, has been a contributor to both parties but is tied mainly to Republicans and the Bushes. Claims from Mr Lay's wife, Linda, that they were facing ruin because all their stock had been in Enron were greeted with scepticism: the family is down to its last £21m. Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited --- End forwarded message --- A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
[CTRL] fwd: NEVER MIND OSAMA Let's conquer the world instead
-Caveat Lector- --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sean McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NEVER MIND OSAMABehind the Headlines by Justin Raimondo Antiwar.com February 1, 2002 NEVER MIND OSAMA Let's conquer the world instead President Bush's State of the Union speech confirms what we have long maintained on this website: the war on terrorism is not a defensive operation, but a war of conquest. In the wake of 9/11, we endorsed a limited police action narrowly aimed at getting the perpetrators and bringing them to justice: the title of my column, Kill 'Em - and Get Out! pretty much summed up our editorial position. It is clear, after listening to the President threaten the so-called Axis of Evil, that the US is no longer fighting a just war, if it ever was. After all the railing and ranting against Osama bin Laden, Bush did not mention his name once, and only alluded to the Evil One indirectly when he gloated over how the terrorist leaders are on the run. It looks like the US government has pretty much lost sight of OBL - and they're hoping the American people will do the same. THE GREAT DIVERSION It's instructive - and not surprising to libertarians - that the one legitimate goal of this war, getting Osama and wiping out Al Qaeda - has been thoroughly botched. Everything but that has been accomplished: we have overthrown the Taliban, brought Pakistan and India to the brink of thermonuclear meltdown, and alienated our oldest allies in the region, the Saudis. Kites are once again flying in Kabul - but where's Osama? The US government couldn't care less: instead of capturing or killing this monster (and bringing America's holy crusade to a premature end) they are much more concerned with widening the war to include the oil-rich regions of the Middle East. TWO THUMBS DOWN Despite the huzzahs from the President's amen corner - which now include Democrats as well as Republicans when it comes to foreign policy - as propaganda Bush's speech was remarkably dull and unconvincing. He started out touting our glorious victory, celebrating the ignominious defeat of a bunch of bedraggled half- civilized tribesmen by the mightiest army on earth: we not only rallied a great coalition, he declared, but also Captured, arrested and rid the world of thousands of terrorists, destroyed Afghanistan's terrorist training camps, saved a people from starvation and freed a country from brutal oppression. As if the outcome was ever in doubt - and the warlords hadn't already started shooting at each other. Never has there been so much chest- pounding bravado and triumphalist hysteria over so little. When Caesar subdued the Gauls, he didn't make half as much noise about it. Okay, then, so we won: mission accomplished, over and out. Ah, but not so fast. WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN We are told that thousands of terrorists - Bush says as many as 100,000 - are roaming the earth, with but one thought in mind: to target America: What we have found in Afghanistan confirms that, far from ending there, our war against terror is only beginning. Most of the 19 men who hijacked planes on September the 11th were trained in Afghanistan's camps. And so were tens of thousands of others. Thousands of dangerous killers, schooled in the methods of murder, often supported by outlaw regimes, are now spread throughout the world like ticking time bombs, set to go off without warning. BUSH'S BLANK CHECK Bush wants a blank check, and, unfortunately, Americans have been frightened into giving it to him - a decision we will all live to regret. The idea that we discovered all these secret terrorist plans, just laying around right out in the open, strains credulity, but then Americans are not inclined these days to examine the evidence too closely, even if it were readily available. Given the alleged scale of the danger we face - a horde of 100,000 barbarians, all clamoring to get into the imperial metropolis - how is it that we've just now started examining all airline luggage? Where are the checkpoints, the armed guards, the tanks in the streets? If Bush's numbers are even remotely true, then calling for a moratorium on all immigration would be the least he could do. Yet it hasn't happened. DOWN THE MEMORY HOLE There's something awfully phony about a war on terrorism where the terrorist-in-chief, Osama bin Laden, is dropped down the Memory Hole and new hate objects - Iraq, Iran, North Korea, aka The Axis of Evil - suddenly loom large. It's bad enough that the nation with the biggest and deadliest war arsenal is now inveighing against weapons of mass destruction, but to top it off Bush points an accusing finger at the pitiful and near-collapsing regime of North Korea, where the half-mad son of the late Great Leader presides over a nation of bark-eating concentration camp victims. If Osama is hiding out in Pyongyang, he's going to get plenty of roughage. NO ONE IS SAFE No evidence links Iraq, or Iran for that matter, to the events of 9/11. To say nothing of North
Re: [CTRL] [2ndrepoftexas] By the Dawn's Early Light
-Caveat Lector- there are a few flaws here most notably your analogy has no one that corresponds to the British in it. rightly or wrongly, the region was part of the British empire, and the British had the right to do with it as they pleased. This is why one has an empire. In you example, then, the US empire needs to be the ones who give the land to the Indians. -- -- -- -- -- -- - -- - -- -- - - - - -- --- -- - - - - -- - - - -- -- - -- - We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. Edward R. Murrow NEURONAUTIC INSTITUTE on-line: http://home.earthlink.net/~thew From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Conspiracy Theory Research List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 05:23:42 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] [2ndrepoftexas] By the Dawn's Early Light (fwd) -Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 05:08:55 -0800 (PST) From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [2ndrepoftexas] By the Dawn's Early Light Dear President Bush: Suppose the U.N. were to give a large portion of Texas to the modern Indian people because their ancestors had once inhabited and owned Texas. Then suppose 5,000,000 foreigners claiming to be the rightful inheritors of those lands streamed in, killing tens of thousands of current Texans, seizing their land and driving them from Texas by the millions, traumatizing the men, women and children of Texas daily for 50 years in the process. What would you say? You might very well call the 5,000,000 foreigners, invaders; and thieves; and terrorists. You might lead Texans in fighting daily to reclaim their lands using guns and bombs and all kinds of imported weapons. You would fight for your lands would you not? Especially if you realized that the invaders couldn't even come close to proving that they are the rightful inheritors of the lands of the Ancient Indian peoples any more than many other foreign groups. You would call the invaders terrorists and thieves and impostors. Please tell the Palestinian people why their real circumstance is not like the hypothetical one of the Texans. POC -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:15:05 -0800 (PST) From: Franklin Wayne Poley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LIFE-GAZETTE] WHO has Right of Return to Israel: The Question of True Israelite Identity Dear CTV: A posting on [EMAIL PROTECTED] apprised me that you are looking for panelists for your Feb. 7 Program on Israel vs. Palestine. I am qualified to be a panelist by having earned my doctorate in philosophy-psychology with thesis and oral defenses in nature-nurture theories or behaviour genetics (U of A, 1971). The relevancy of that has to do with the root issue here which is a claim of inheritance, otherwise referred to as Right of Return or Identity. Let me explain further how this applies to your forthcoming program. BTW, I have cc'd Prime Minister Chretien's office because of the reference below re my letter to Jerusalem Post during his last visit to that region. The Israel vs. Palestine conflict is, at its foundation, a matter of Right of Return. Both Israeli Jews and Palestinian Christians and Muslims lay claim to Right of Return. Israel's Law of Return is one of its Constitutional Documents (it has a set of documents and principles said to be Constitutional instead of a single Constitution as is the case for USA for example). Behind the Law of Return there is a principle, the Right of Return. Unless that principle is valid, the Law of Return is not worth the paper on which it is written. Palestinians also claim Right of Return. Right of Return to where? Neither side disputes that in this region, albeit within uncertain borders by today's knowledge, there is a territory promised by God (or G-d if you prefer) to the Israelites. Whether that Deed from the Almighty is still valid today is one issue. But I would rather leave that to the theologians for debate. I am assuming, for the purpose of this analysis, that it is valid today. The framework for analysis below is based on consideration of the three broad factors (Biological, Cultural and Spiritual) which exhaust most, if not all, of the possibilities. To lay a claim to Right of Return, one would have to invoke these factors and their sub-factors. To say that a modern people called Jews have the exclusive Right of Return begs the question. Jews are not necessarily the modern-day Israelites. The Law of Return reads For the purposes of this law, 'Jew' means a person who was born of a Jewish mother or has become converted to Judaism and
[CTRL] Fwd: Fw: ny times on Enron - probe of intended false reports
---BeginMessage--- They're talking money laundering here. Even worse, the report concluded, is the potential that, since Enron was essentially on both sides of each deal, the transactions were merely an illusion. - Original Message - From: Lois Battuello To: Catherine Austin Fitts ; Linda Minor ; Kate Dixon Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 5:18 AM Subject: ny times on Enron - probe of intended false reports February 4, 2002 Talk of Crime Grows Louder, Spurred by Report By KURT EICHENWALD he report released Saturday evening by a special committee of the Enron Corporation (news/quote)'s board clearly raises the specter that at the foundation of the company's downfall was a series of multimillion- dollar crimes, legal experts and former prosecutors said yesterday. Until now, much of the investigation into Enron's free fall has been focused on complex transactions that, while suspicious and poorly executed, appeared to fall within the framework of workaday corporate finance. These include the now notorious off-balance sheet deals that shifted assets and debt from the company's books and into a byzantine collection of partnerships, many of them controlled by Enron's former chief financial officer, Andrew S. Fastow. But with the committee's report, if it proves accurate, investigators into the company's collapse will seek to pinpoint whether the same kinds of fraudulent acts that were at the foundation of the savings and loan scandals of the late 1980's and early 1990's occurred at Enron, too. These include false valuation of assets, bogus deals between related parties, and millions of dollars pocketed by participants along the way. "This report is a road map for the Department of Justice to bring a criminal indictment," said John J. Fahy, a certified public accountant who was once a federal prosecutor in New Jersey. With its detailed description of seemingly irrational transactions that served no economic purpose other than to pump up Enron's earnings, the report has shifted the focus from the company's balance sheet, which lists assets and liabilities, to its income statement, which describes revenues and profits. To those uncomfortable with the internecine workings of finance, that may sound like a distinction without a difference. But in truth, the shift allows the federal inquiries trying to unravel the Enron collapse to move from an area weighed down by dueling professional opinions to the familiar stomping ground of criminal prosecutions. "Moving from the balance sheet to the income statement makes the case a lot easier for a prosecutor to bring and a lot easier for a prosecutor to explain to a grand jury," Mr. Fahy said. To prove any case against Enron, prosecutors would have to establish that potential defendants intended to commit a crime. Under the law, a person can participate in activities that result in false information being given to investors without committing a crime, so long as he believed even falsely that the activities were appropriate. That is what created difficulties for a criminal case based on Enron's incorrect accounting for the partnerships as separate entities. Executives at Enron could point to approvals from Arthur Andersen, the company's accounting firm, as evidence that they intended nothing improper. But with the report's conclusion that certain transactions served no purpose other than to manipulate the reported earnings of the company and with certain executives personally receiving millions of dollars in undisclosed profits from their partnership dealings the hurdle of proving intent to commit a crime has been dramatically lowered. "It's going to take a herculean salesmanship job to persuade a jury that the Enron executives involved in this could not appreciate the fraudulent nature of these transactions," said Christopher J. Bebel, formerly a federal prosecutor and a lawyer with the Securities and Exchange Commission who is now with Shepherd, Smith Bebel in Houston. "Their reliance on the advice of experts is starting to go out the window," Mr. Bebel added, "and the accountants could end up being key witnesses for the government in some respects." Members of Congress, who have been investigating the Enron debacle, made it clear yesterday that what they are seeing now appears to fall within the realm of a criminal conspiracy. "We're finding what may clearly be securities fraud," Representative Billy Tauzin, Republican of Louisiana and chairman of the House Energy and Commerce
Re: [CTRL] Please, please begin a campaign
-Caveat Lector- BFPolitically, the nation was not founded on Jewish or Christian religious beliefs. Obviously, there are no references to God in the Constitution beyond the calendar date, nor in the Declaration beyond what would appear to be the conception of the Deity found in Enlightenment circles. This is what appears to be, and I accept this as historical fact. Socially, however, we have always been a Judeo-Christian nation in an organic sense. We have paid lip service to ideas generally found in these traditions, albeit in a very pluralistic way. American social reform movements have almost always been centered on some kind of religious basis, from Abolitionism to the Civil Rights movement and movements to end child labor. This is also social fact. Before the era of the Revolution there were the original Pilgrims and others who came and built a nation. Some practiced tolerance, others repression. Whether they were Jewish, Christian, Rosicrucian, or whatever they were there were very few atheists. The age of the Revolution and times after that freed anti-religious people to believe what they believe without repression. I acknowledge that. However, the very small minority of Satanists, who may have their rights under our laws, should not have the right to determine the symbolism offensive to the vast majority be included in our nation's capital (the vast majority including Buddhists, Hindus, and others who have incorporated some western religious ideas in to their faith). Yes, this is a Republic and not a democracy. Whether for good or ill, I accept that this is our system. However there is nothing in the laws or the Constitution suggesting that the capital must be designed a certain way. To say so would make Satanism the official religion of the United States. Obviously, people of many faiths and no faith have agreed that right is right and wrong is wrong. In a human sense, this united many people in the effort to build a Republic, and many efforts to build a better society. It is not my intent to alienate or offend anyone, but I have to stand for what I believe. I have no mechanism by which to back out of that and do anything else. Would you have me be a coward? I have met great opposition in my endeavers, and have felt more frustrated than I can describe. I have decided and now determined that, if I am to be opposed in life, I might as well face opposition for a good reason. As far as Jesus is concerned, I am officially agnostic as to who the Messiah will be. Many claims have been made about the subject. There may in fact be two Messiahs, a son of David and a son of Joseph. I do not really know. I do know that the concept of a Trinity, with all due respect to the Christian believers who may be reading this, is not in line with my conception of monotheism. I believe that the Gentile world is bound by the Seven Laws of Noah: A)No idolatry B)No blasphemy (blessing the Divine Name) C)No murder D)No sexual immorality E)No theft F)Honor just courts G)No eating a limb from a torn animal (no animal cruelty). These are the general rules of monotheism. However, I would not want to alienate Muslims and Christians who feel that it is not as simple as this from doing their part to help make a better world. Nor would I want to exclude anyone else of good will. I appeal to those who can act to please act. I appeal to those who agree with me to please help remove what you know in your heart is wrong from inviting evil influences in to the highest reaches of power. Thankyou, and all the best, Bates A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
Re: [CTRL] [2ndrepoftexas] By the Dawn's Early Light
-Caveat Lector- I don't understand your point so I can't agree or disagree. What yo' say? The UN gave a big portion of Palestine to the Jews 50 years ago. Maybe now most of the UN would like the change that but they can't. The justification is found in Law of Return/Right of Return, ie return to the land God gave the Israelites about 3,000 years ago. I think the analogy is spot on. What if the UN were to give a big chunk of Texas back to the Indians, based on a 3,000 year old ancestral claim? POC PS-I recommemd that the Bush estate be right at the centre of the land given back to the Indians. On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, thew wrote: there are a few flaws here most notably your analogy has no one that corresponds to the British in it. rightly or wrongly, the region was part of the British empire, and the British had the right to do with it as they pleased. This is why one has an empire. In you example, then, the US empire needs to be the ones who give the land to the Indians. -- -- -- -- -- -- - -- - -- -- - - - - -- --- -- - - - - -- - - - -- -- - -- - We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. Edward R. Murrow NEURONAUTIC INSTITUTE on-line: http://home.earthlink.net/~thew From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Conspiracy Theory Research List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 05:23:42 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] [2ndrepoftexas] By the Dawn's Early Light (fwd) -Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 05:08:55 -0800 (PST) From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [2ndrepoftexas] By the Dawn's Early Light Dear President Bush: Suppose the U.N. were to give a large portion of Texas to the modern Indian people because their ancestors had once inhabited and owned Texas. Then suppose 5,000,000 foreigners claiming to be the rightful inheritors of those lands streamed in, killing tens of thousands of current Texans, seizing their land and driving them from Texas by the millions, traumatizing the men, women and children of Texas daily for 50 years in the process. What would you say? You might very well call the 5,000,000 foreigners, invaders; and thieves; and terrorists. You might lead Texans in fighting daily to reclaim their lands using guns and bombs and all kinds of imported weapons. You would fight for your lands would you not? Especially if you realized that the invaders couldn't even come close to proving that they are the rightful inheritors of the lands of the Ancient Indian peoples any more than many other foreign groups. You would call the invaders terrorists and thieves and impostors. Please tell the Palestinian people why their real circumstance is not like the hypothetical one of the Texans. POC -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:15:05 -0800 (PST) From: Franklin Wayne Poley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LIFE-GAZETTE] WHO has Right of Return to Israel: The Question of True Israelite Identity Dear CTV: A posting on [EMAIL PROTECTED] apprised me that you are looking for panelists for your Feb. 7 Program on Israel vs. Palestine. I am qualified to be a panelist by having earned my doctorate in philosophy-psychology with thesis and oral defenses in nature-nurture theories or behaviour genetics (U of A, 1971). The relevancy of that has to do with the root issue here which is a claim of inheritance, otherwise referred to as Right of Return or Identity. Let me explain further how this applies to your forthcoming program. BTW, I have cc'd Prime Minister Chretien's office because of the reference below re my letter to Jerusalem Post during his last visit to that region. The Israel vs. Palestine conflict is, at its foundation, a matter of Right of Return. Both Israeli Jews and Palestinian Christians and Muslims lay claim to Right of Return. Israel's Law of Return is one of its Constitutional Documents (it has a set of documents and principles said to be Constitutional instead of a single Constitution as is the case for USA for example). Behind the Law of Return there is a principle, the Right of Return. Unless that principle is valid, the Law of Return is not worth the paper on which it is written. Palestinians also claim Right of Return. Right of Return to where? Neither side disputes that in this region, albeit within uncertain borders by today's knowledge, there is a territory promised by God (or G-d if you prefer) to the Israelites. Whether that Deed from the Almighty is still valid today is one issue. But
Re: [CTRL] The Vril Society, The Luminous Lodge And The Realization of TheGreat Work
-Caveat Lector- BFIt should also be noted that many of the very philosophies claiming opposition to the New World Order are also under the direction of these same philosophies. There is a strange dialectic here. The fundamental reality of control is ultimately not political, but of a spiritual nature. All the best, Bates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- http://www.geocities.com/mevlevi2000/vril-society.htm - The Vril Society The Luminous Lodge And The Realization of The Great Work by Terry Melanson HOME he Vril Society or The Luminous Lodge combined the political ideals of the Order of the Illuminati with Hindu mysticism, Theosophy and the Cabbala. It was the first German nationalist groups to use the symbol of the swastika as an emblem linking Eastern and Western occultism. The Vril Society presented the idea of a subterranean matriarchal, socialist utopia ruled by superior beings who had mastered the mysterious energy called the Vril Force. This secret society was founded, literally, on Bulwer Lytton's novel the Coming Race (1871). The book describes a race of men psychically far in advance of our own. They have acquired powers over themselves and over things that made them almost godlike. For the moment they are in hiding. They are said to live in caves in the center of the Earth. Soon they will emerge to reign over us. While researching their classic book, Morning of the Magicians, authors Jacques Bergier and Louis Pauwels were given the above account by one of the world's greatest rocket experts, Dr. Willy Ley, who fled Germany in 1933. Dr. Ley said that the Vril Societywhich formed shortly before the Nazis came to powerbelieved they had secret knowledge that would enable them to change their race and become equals of the men hidden in the bowels of the Earth. Methods of concentration, a whole system of internal gymnastics by which they would be transformed. These methods of concentration were probably based on Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Exercises. The Jesuit techniques of concentration and visualization are similar to many occult teachings, especially in shamanic cults and Tibetan Buddhism. The Nazi's revered these Jesuit Spiritual Exercises, which they believed had been handed down from ancient Masters of Atlantis. The occultists of the time knew that Ignatius was a Basque some claimed that the Basque people were the last remnant of the Alantean race and the proper use of these techniques would enable the reactivation of the Vril for the dominance of the Teutonic race over all others. The Vril Society believed that whoever becomes master of the Vril will be the master of himself, of others around him and of the world. The belief was that the world will change and the Lords will emerge from the center of the Earth. Unless we have made an alliance with them and become Lords ourselves, we shall find ourselves among the slaves, on the dung-heap that will nourish the roots of the New Cities that will arise. In The Unknown Hitler, Wulf Schartzwaller says: In Berlin, Haushofer had founded the Luminous Lodge or the Vril Society. The Lodge's objective was to explore the origins of the Aryan race and to perform exercises in concentration to awaken the forces of Vril. Haushofer was a student of the Russian magician and metaphysician George Gurdjieff. Both Gurdjieff and Haushofer maintained that they had contacts with secret Tibetan lodges that possessed the secret of the Superman. The Lodge included Hitler, Aalfred, Rosenberg, Himmler, Goring and Hitler's subsequent personal physician Dr. Morell. It is also known that Aleister Crowley and Gurdjieff sought contact with Hitler. Hitler's unusual powers of suggestion become more understandable if one keeps in mind that he had access to the secret psychological techniques of Gurdjieff which, in turn, were based on the teachings of the Sufis and the Tibetan lamas and familiarized him with the Zen teaching of the Japanese Society of the Green Dragon. The Vril Force and the Black Sun In Lytton's The Coming Race, the subterranean people use the Vril Force to operate and govern the world (a few children armed with vril-powered rods are said capable of exterminating a race of over 22 million threatening barbarians). Served by robots and able to fly on vril-powered wings, the vegetarian Vril-ya are by their own reckoning racially and culturally superior to everyone else on Earth, above or below the ground. At one pointthe narrator concludes (from linguistic evidence) that the Vril-ya are descended from the same ancestors as the great Aryan family, from which in varied streams has flowed the dominant civilization of the world. The Vril Force or Vril Energy was said to be derived from the Black Sun, a big ball of Prima Materia which supposedly exists in the center of the
Re: [CTRL] [2ndrepoftexas] By the Dawn's Early Light
-Caveat Lector- Oh yes Doctor Poley - the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away..big heap Indian Giver, but what would William Bacon say to giving Texas back to Indians? Hey they would all be out looking for their pedigrees to the Indians, Right? O'Saba aka Little White Cloud Maiden Name A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
Re: [CTRL] [2ndrepoftexas] By the Dawn's Early Light
-Caveat Lector- On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Saba wrote: Oh yes Doctor Poley - the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away..big heap Indian Giver, but what would William Bacon say to giving Texas back to Indians? Hey they would all be out looking for their pedigrees to the Indians, Right? To say nothing of the horses and the wimmen, Amigo. POC A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
Re: [CTRL] fwd: New Enron scandal link to Bush
-Caveat Lector- On 4 Feb 02, at 11:10, Samantha L. wrote: The revelation is likely to increase pressure on the Bush administration to open the books on its contacts with Mr Lay and his associates. The Enron scandal is now threatening to reach to the heart of the White House. You everyone should have seen the Senators' (Hollings, Dorgan, Boxer, and a coupla others) press conference this AM (CSpan, Fox, et al) on the failure of Mr Lay's (a chip off the old spud?) failure to show up to offer his observations on the debaclous fiascotory SNAFU we now know as Enron. Hollings has decided we have an Enron government. He said this in his opening remarks and as he was leaving the briefing area. If there's a way to drill for blood in this concern, I'd say invest 'cause they's gonna be gushers comin' in. Our one- time Texas ANG (TANG) (that's a Houstonism anyway, ain't it?) pilot who decided that running some former postmaster's election campaign was better than the Sound of Freedom (jet noise) might find his war not enough of an umbrella to keep dry. Hollings catalogued several many of the Bushies who are now in government as a result of their previous ties to Enron and those associated with it. And this was just the Commerce Committee. Of those named, I recall the Sec'y of the Army, Atty Gen'l, and on and on. Let's roll! AER A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
[CTRL] Muckrakers Buckrakers
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.workingforchange.com/printitem.cfm?itemid=12757 }}}Begin From muckraker to buckraker Enron payments to top journalists is nothing new By Richard Blow / TomPaine.com 02.04.02 | Fifteen years ago, when I was a lowly intern at The New Republic, editor Michael Kinsley used to vehemently decry the increasing tendency of Washington journalists to seek income from places other than their primary employers. Specifically, Kinsley was appalled by the fact that every so often, New Republic writers Fred Barnes and Mort Kondracke would rush out of the office to chat away on The McLaughlin Group. So Kinsley taped a large gold bell to a shelf prominently positioned outside his office and wrote Buckraking Bell on a sign next to it. Every time Barnes or Kondracke rushed off to a TV studio, someone was supposed to ring the bell. The problem, Kinsley rightly argued, was that television degraded the quality of their work. Could you trust what Barnes wrote in the magazine if you saw him screaming like a crazy man in a shout-em-up with John McLaughlin? These days, Kinsleys bell would be ringing like a fire alarm. More and more print journalists are earning their keep from activities that subvert the integrity of their writing. But now, the scale is different. At the ti me, panelists on The McLaughlin Group were paid a few hundred bucks a show. Now writers receive tens of thousands of dollars to appear on television, give speeches -- and, apparently, influence-peddle for massive corpor ations. Thanks to Andrew Sullivan and his website, AndrewSullivan.com, we now know that the Enron Corporation paid at least four journalists to serve on some sort of advisory panel which, even the journalists admit, seemed to hav e no tangible function. (Full disclosure: Though we usually disagree about politics, Sullivan is a friend.) For the past two weeks, Sullivan has been crusading against Paul Krugman of The New York Times, The Weekly Standards Bill Kristol, National Review Online columnist Lawrence Kudlow, and Sunday Times of London columnist Ir win Stelzer. Krugman, Kudlow, and Stelzer received $50,000 from Enron; Kristol, $100,000. Also roped in was Peggy Noonan, who was hired by Enron to write speeches before she became a columnist. Noonans speechwriting doesnt strike me as objectionable. (More full disclosure: Noonan and I employ the same literary agent.) But the other four journalists are in a jam. They accepted a lot of money in return for -- wh at? Access? Positive coverage? Advice? It isnt clear. And their disclosure of their Enron cash was either incomplete or nonexistent. Of the four, only Krugman preemptively disclosed that he had been on Enrons payroll, and he carefully avoided mentioning the amount involved, because like it or not, taking fifty grand from a company seems a lot more pro blematic than receiving a $250 honorarium. Meanwhile, all four men were either writing about Enron or editing magazines that were. Sullivans buckraking muckraking has caused journalists to start sinking their fangs into each other, arguing over who should disclose what and when, and whether conservatives or liberals are more at fault. Its an unattr active sight, like watching a fender bender turn into a forty-car crash. But the argument over whos to blame misses the larger point that Sullivan is rightly making: Journalists shouldnt accept money from outside source s. Period. Now, such purity will never happen, simply because many journalists long to live as well as the people they cover in higher-paying professions such as business, law, and even politics. Its hard to earn $50,000 a year and cover sleazy lobbyists and political consultants who are pulling down $500,000. The culture of corruption is seductive -- especially in Washington, where journalists in recent years have only gotten cozier and cozier with public officials. Remember when NPRs legal correspondent Nina Totenberg had Su preme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg officiate at her wedding? Talk about a conflict of interest. If journalists want to retain any more credibility than politicians, they should spurn all monies for anything not directly associated with journalism. If they do take outside income, they should disclose it -- before the yre writing about any related subject. Its not hard to do. The Web would be an easy avenue of disclosure. Or some neutral body, like the Columbia Journalism School, could collect the information. Journalism is a great profession. You get to do work that you love, and, much of the time, you get to make a decent living. But its never going to be the financial equivalent of investment banking. Journalists who try to make it that way might want to consider another career. Richard Blow is a journalist living in New York. His book, American Son: A Portrait of John F. Kennedy, Jr., will be published in May by Henry Holt. © 1999-2002 The Florence Fund
[CTRL] Strange Seed Now Reed
-Caveat Lector- From WorkingForChange (URL @ bottom) }}}Begin Ralph Reed's guerrilla war What the cherub-faced operative was doing behind the scenes By Sara Pursley / LGNY 02.01.02 | What Christians have got to do is take back this country, one precinct at a time, one neighborhood at a time, and one state at a time. I honestly believe that in my lifetime we will see a country once again governed by Christians...and Christian values. When the Christian Coalition's Ralph Reed said those words at the beginning of the culture wars in the 1990s, he might have sent a chill down the spines of many of us -- but few imagined how quickly Reed himself would be directly involved in the governance of the country. Reed once said of his political strategy: I want to be invisible. I do guerrilla warfare. I paint my face and travel at night. You don't know it's over until you're in a body bag. You don't know until election night. Or until the uncovering of scandalous relationships between big business and government. Last week, the Christian guerrilla fighter was discovered, as Toronto Star columnist David Camp put it, under the rubble of the Enron scandal. The New York Times reported that Bush's chief political advisor Karl Rove persuaded Enron to hire Reed in 1997 as a consultant at $10,000 to $20,000 a month. In 1999, Reed was hired directly by the Bush campaign as a senior advisor, while remaining on Enron's payroll. After John McCain won the New Hampshire primary, Bush turned publicly to Reed -- who is widely credited with d elivering the critical victory in South Carolina to Bush, by mobilizing Christian Right voters in that state. This mobilization included the mass distribution of a flier linking McCain to homosexual groups. The Bush vic tory in South Carolina was, as Bill Berkowitz put it, a grand old coming out party for the Christian Right. In a National Review column at the time, Reed called Bush the most electable conservative presidential candidate in a generation, and declared that a Bush victory would be a conservative triumph, not a moderate one. T he two have remained close ever since. Rove said this week that he was merely giving Reed an unsolicited recommendation to Enron executives. Rove further explains: I'm a big fan of Ralph's, so I'm constantly saying positive things. It is a sign of the time s that Reed is now considered mainstream enough that this statement is a defense against scandal, and not the scandal itself. According to Reed, his job at Enron was to work on energy deregulation in Pennsylvania: I met with three executives at Enron in September of 1997. They wanted assistance in building grass-roots support for electricity de regulation in Pennsylvania, which was supported by then-Governor Tom Ridge and which, by the way, has become a model for the nation. Californians, who are paying $50 billion for the free-market-driven energy crisis that profited Enron, can vouch for Reed on that last claim. Much of the media was left scratching its head at this strange footnote to the Enron debacle. The perception of Ralph Reed, constantly described as cherub- faced and a Republican choirboy, was not of someone concerned with hard right-wing issues such as the deregulation of energy. Religious conservatives tend to get portrayed as crazier, perhaps, than economic conservatives, but also as more sincere. Anti-abortionist activists, for example, while often considered nutcases, have managed to retain a certain moral high ground: it is often accepted that they operate solely out of a belief that abortion is murder, even when they advocate positions that give away their opposition to women's self-determination (such as op posing safe sex education at the same time as opposing abortion). In an interview with CNN's Judy Woodruff, Reed easily countered accusations that the Bush campaign was trying to buy his endorsement through the Enron gig, or that it was trying to keep its connection with him secret. Ree d pointed out that he had been encouraging Bush to run for office since April of 1997, and that it was no secret that he was hired directly by the Bush campaign in 1999. By that point in time, Bush felt no need to hide hi s relationship with Reed and the Christian Right. It is likely, as some have claimed, that the Bush campaign wanted to keep Reed in reserve, without bringing him onto its real payroll immediately. That would explain Rove's motives. As for Reed, it shouldn't be surprisi ng that his conservatism is economic as well as moral-religious. When he founded his consulting firm Century Strategies, he said its role was to elect pro-family, pro-life, and pro-free-enterprise candidates to every le vel of American government. Proof that he was serious about the free-enterprise bit came in 2000, when a similar scandal erupted upon the revelation that Bill Gates had hired Reed to lobby Bush, as a presidential candidate, to support Microsoft's po sition in the
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One world ...
By Vox Day
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It's not hard to understand why globalism is so persistently
seductive to people of genuinely good intent. Long a staple of hack
science fiction writers and the producers of Saturday-morning
cartoons, the notion of one central and benevolent government for all
humanity appears like a light shining in the darkness of a world that
is still wracked by warfare, terrorism, famine and disease despite
the past century's incredible advances in technology.
Of course, it was pointed out several thousand years ago that the
road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
In fact, if humanity's past record is a reasonable guide, globalism
may represent the single deadliest threat to mankind in our long,
murderous history. The Economist has reported that in the last
century, more people died at the hands of their own governments than
in all the wars and civil wars combined 170 million deaths vs. 37
million. However, the implications of this fact for global governance
have not often been considered.
Supporters of globalism are optimistic that under the aegis of a single government,
the world will experience peace, one way or another. But even if we put aside the
questionable notion of an enforced peace, which the Bal
kan conflict demonstrated is merely a matter of putting off today's violence for
tomorrow, it must be understood that an end to war is not synonymous with an end to
violence and bloodshed.
Just as soldiers going into battle for the first time tend to think in terms of what
they will do to the enemy instead of what the enemy will do to them, globalists
envision one-world governance as an efficient means of i
mposing their views on others. This is why political activists of nearly every stripe
tend to embrace globalist institutions even if they oppose a specific aspect of
globalism. Thus the radical environmentalist who protes
ts the World Economic Forum nevertheless supports the Kyoto Treaty on global warming.
But there is no guarantee that a one-world government will respect the laws, customs,
and institutions of the traditional freedom-loving West. Indeed, the institutions
which are most deeply enmeshed in the globalist movem
ent show strong signs that it will instead imitate the autocratic habits of its
intellectual predecessors. For example, the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human
Rights states in Article 29, section 3, that: These rights
and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of
the United Nations.
Jawohl, Reichsfuhrer Annan! Consider also the possibility that a coalition of Arab and
African states might take control of the global government in the same way they've
been able to exert undue influence over the U.N. Ge
neral Assembly. Then everyone could enjoy the religious freedom enjoyed by Jews and
Christians living in Saudi Arabia and the Sudan .
Unfortunately, that's far from the worst possibility. Two of the governments
responsible for the worst civilian massacres in history, Russia and China, boasting 62
million and 37 million murders, respectively, hold perman
ent seats on the U.N. Security Council. And for those who argue that Russia isn't the
same government as the Soviet Union, I have only one thing to say: If they're not,
then what is Russia doing on the Security Council?
Even in medieval times, intelligent people understood that the fact that one king was
a wise and benevolent ruler didn't mean the next one wouldn't be a complete
psychopath. For those of you without historical reference,
I'm talking about a situation like the one depicted in the movie Gladiator, wherein
Emperor Marcus Aurelius was succeeded by his son Commodus. The peril of central power
is why America's founding fathers decided to ditc
h the whole concept and did their best to break it up, scattering it as far and as
wide throughout the land as possible.
Regardless of how global governance is implemented, it is sure to attract every evil,
power-seeking individual and organization like pedophiles to a public schoolyard. The
intrigues and conspiracies will make Byzantium's
internecine power struggles look like a student-council debate by comparison. Every
would-be Hitler, Lenin, Mao and Mugabe will be converging on a single institution, and
the most ruthless of them will be the winner.
The National Socialists had a saying that still sounds ominous now,
50 years later. Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer! One world, one
government may not sound so scary yet, but it should. Because one
thing is certain. Totalitarian government doesn't improve with size.
Vox Day is a freelance writer.
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Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed
[CTRL] Between Iraq and a Soft Place
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,644783,00. html }}}Begin World dispatch Beleaguered Iraq extends the hand of friendship An embassy reopens, flights resume between Iraq and Iran and Saddam Hussein finally acknowledges Kuwait's sovereignty. It looks as though the president is trying to escape the wrath of the United States, writes Brian Whitaker Brian Whitaker Monday February 4, 2002 The Guardian It's hard to find a friendlier country than Iraq right now. Wherever you look, Saddam Hussein's emissaries are signalling their readiness to let bygones be bygones. There are no prizes for guessing why this is happening. As a founding member of the axis of evil (© George Bush 2002), Iraq faces the threat of a military attack by the US. The attack, if it happens, is likely to come in the second half of this year and will not be the usual bombing of Iraq's air defence systems. Its aim will be to remove Saddam from power. Iraq's strategy for heading off such an attack is based on removing, as far as possible, likely pretexts for a military strike and minimising international support for it outside the US. If Saddam plays his cards right, W ashington hawks could end up frustrated, bitterly disappointed and absolutely furious. Iraq's diplomatic offensive consists of three strands. The first is an attempt to enhance its image and generally improve its international relations. Last week, for example, Iraq invited the UN's special human rights investigator to visit the country for the first time in a decade. The investigator was originally appointed in 1991 but, after an initial visit in 1992, had never been allowed back. Since then, the UN commission on human rights has regularly accused Iraq of serious abuses. Also within the last week, Iraq made overtures towards Iran, the EU and Swtizerland. The Iraqi embassy in Switzerland, which has been closed for 11 years, will reopen shortly. Iraq also approached Spain, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU, to activate dialogue with the European Union. Meanwhile, relations between Iraq and neighbouring Iran continue to improve. There were further releases of prisoners captured during the 1980-88 war, and Iraq announced recently that direct flights between the two neighb ours will shortly resume after an interruption of more than 20 years. Iran's neutrality or tacit support in any conflict between the US and Iraq will be vital for Saddam. It is worth recalling that many Iraqi warplanes escaped destruction during the 1991 Gulf war by taking shelter in Iran. The second strand of the Iraqi strategy is to repair its relations with the Arab world, which essentially would be achieved by a reconciliation with Kuwait. Iraq hopes this will happen at the Arab League's summit, to be held in Lebanon next month, and the league's secretary-general, Amr Moussa, has been shuttling round in an effort to resolve the outstanding differences. At last year's summit in Jordan, Arab leaders were prepared to call for the lifting of sanctions and for an end to American and British bombing in the no-fly zones, but this was abandoned when Iraq objected to the wording of the draft statement. This time under threat of American attack, Iraq seems more amenable. Iraq sincerely wants to start a new era, an Iraqi diplomat said recently. We recognise Kuwait as a sovereign country, and we recognise the borders that were enforced by the UN. Kuwaitis, however, are unsure whether to believe it. There have been plenty of incidents over the last decade to suggest that Iraq has not fully renounced its claim to Kuwait, including a parliamentary map showing Kuwait as part of Iraq. But the Iraqi media hav e recently begun to mention Kuwait and neighbouring Saudi Arabia in terms that imply they are now recognised as countries in their own right. Mohammed al-Sager, chairman of the Kuwaiti parliament's foreign affairs committee, agrees that the Iraqis are using new language, but wonders if it is just window dressing. Nobody can predict, he says. When they feel threatened they are ready to do anything. The other big issue for Kuwait, apart from protection of its sovereignty, is the fate of more than 600 Kuwaitis who were detained by the Iraqis during the 1990-91 invasion and have not been seen since. Kuwait says it has evidence that at least some of them are still alive and being held in Iraq as a bargaining counter. Up to now, Iraq has insisted that it has no idea what happened to them, though it is clear from testimony provided by relatives that the missing Kuwaitis were in the hands of Iraqi officials at the time of their disappear ance. Again, Iraq seems to have shifted its position on this issue. If we sit together I think we can arrive at a solution, an Iraqi official said. The third strand of Iraq's strategy involves the UN security council and concerns sanctions and weapons inspections. In this
[CTRL] Brain Fingerprinting - Getting a Piece of the Anti-Terrorism Action
-Caveat Lector- from - http://www.techreview.com/articles/hogan013002.asp Getting a Piece of the Anti-Terrorism Action By Kevin Hogan January 30, 2002 Homeland security is breaking records for government RD spending, and promising a windfall for tech firms. Like most Americans, Larry Farwell wants to help fight the War on Terrorism. And he thinks his Fairfield, Iowa-based company, the Human Brain Research Laboratory, can do just that. The Laboratory has developed brain fingerprinting, a technology that measures a suspect's brain waves-and, says Farwell, can tip off investigators to the man who knows too much. It works like this: Interrogators fit subjects with sensor-filled headgear and show them a random series of images, some related to their investigation. A computer analyzes the brain's response to determine whether the subject recognizes the relevant pictures-an Al Qaeda training manual or a terrorist recruiter, for example. In some cases, this could help identify someone intent on attack before they strike, says Farwell. After about a decade of development, Farwell's company has yet to land a big contract with military or law enforcement agencies such as the CIA, the Department of Defense, the Secret Service, or the FBI. According to an October, 2001, report to the U.S. Senate from the General Accounting Office, these agencies were avoiding brain fingerprinting because the research expenses, equipment and training costs were perceived to exceed benefits. But that report was written before the War on Terrorism and the federal government's threefold spending increase for security technologies. Now Farwell says he is optimistic about winning a contract, and countless other entrepreneurs, scientific labs, industry lobbyists and government contractors are scrambling to do their patriotic duty-as well as get a piece of the multi-billion dollar action. In the first days after the September attacks, the president requested $40 billion to rebuild and reinforce the country against further atrocities. Congress more than complied, giving a total of $103.7 billion to RD-related agencies such as the Defense Department, the National Institutes of Health and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for fiscal year 2002, the largest amount ever allotted and the largest percentage increase in nearly 20 years. The bill earmarks $1.5 billion specifically for RD into counter-terrorism initiatives-triple what was spent in 2001. Emergency appropriations are routine, says Kei Koizum, director of the Research and Development Budget and Policy Program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The size of this particular funding [increase] is not. The money will go to a diverse set of agencies and projects. While the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization under the Department of Defense will get $7 billion-a 66 percent increase for one of the Bush Administration's most controversial priorities-much of the rest is earmarked for a number of agencies not normally associated with defense or security research. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, for example, will get $40 million in emergency funds for research on food safety and potential terrorist threats to the food supply. Another $70 million will go to the Environmental Protection Agency to improve security at its labs. The Department of Transportation, the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Science and Technology will also get their share and will begin to dole out new contracts and beef up the budgets of current ones in the coming weeks. Companies that tout the latest in facial recognition software (See Recognizing the Enemy - http://www.techreview.com/articles/stikeman1201.asp ), bio-sensors (See Detecting Bioterrorism - http://www.techreview.com/articles/talbot1201.asp ) and intelligent networks (See Networking the Infrastructure - http://www.techreview.com/articles/roush1201.asp ) are attracting interest not just from the federal government, but from private investors as well. For example, the price of a share of stock in Visionics, a Jersey City, NJ-based maker of face recognition software, tripled in the days after the government announced that airports would incorporate such technology. Whether or not these funds generate useful tools and applications remains to be seen. In the meantime, Farwell's brain fingerprinting system-already passed over twice by the FBI in the last decade-may get one more look. Priorities have changed, says Farwell, who continues to make the rounds within the Beltway to show off his technology. What might not have seemed worth the expense prior to last September looks much different today. A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis-
[CTRL] Lost Children, church case, Neil Bush - saudi's, phillipines, enron - uk,
-Caveat Lector- What was Neil Bush doing in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, last week? ...(Among the main backers of the event: the Saudi Binladin Construction Group and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the tycoon whose $10 million offer to help the victims of the World Trade Center attacks was rejected last fall by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.) But Bush's main purpose wasn't public-relations advice. NEWSWEEK has learned the presidential sibling also had another agenda: recruiting Middle East investors for an educational-software firm that, industry sources say, may benefit enormously from the new $26.5 billion education bill signed by President George W. Bush. 'It would help Enron if you made that call' Bush was told The Lost Children - 10,000 English Kids Sent To Australia - 2/3/02 - CBS It's a mind-boggling story, one that sounds more like a bad movie than reality. But it happened. In the two decades after World War II, 10,000 English children were sent to Australia...Many were mistreated and abused. All were lied to. The story begins in Britain after World War II - a nation victorious but battered, broke, and burdened by overflowing children's homes. Many of the kids were put there by families too poor to raise them. What happened next is almost unfathomable in civilized countries or in modern times. The British government, in collaboration with churches and charities, developed a secret plan to clear out these children's homes; a plan which has only recently been uncovered. The kids were told that they would be adopted by loving families in Australia. And they were shipped off by the thousands. It was as simple as that. http://www.cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,40269-412,00.shtml Catholic Church to Pay Settlement to Close Abuse Cases - By William Lobdell Los Angeles Times Staff Writer - 1/30/02 - Nine former altar boys will receive an undisclosed sum and an apology from the Roman Catholic Church to settle accusations of priest sexual misconduct in an Arizona-based case that stretched as far west as Camarillo. Attorneys for both sides announced the settlement in Tucson on Tuesday, resolving the latest in a string of priest molestation cases that have badly bruised the Catholic Church's reputation. http://msnbc.com/news/694829.asp#deals DEALS Neil Bush's Saudi Business Connection What was Neil Bush doing in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, last week? Officially, the president's youngest brother was a keynote speaker at an international business forum. (Among the main backers of the event: the Saudi Binladin Construction Group and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the tycoon whose $10 million offer to help the victims of the World Trade Center attacks was rejected last fall by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.) With an audience filled with Saudi royals, Bush talked about the role of public opinion in shaping U.S. Mideast policy. But Bush's main purpose wasn't public-relations advice. NEWSWEEK has learned the presidential sibling also had another agenda: recruiting Middle East investors for an educational-software firm that, industry sources say, may benefit enormously from the new $26.5 billion education bill signed by President George W. Bush. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/international/story/0,6903,644045,00.html (has graphic descriptions of torture) Innocent Muslims killed as Bush allies 'crusade' - Shootings and torture by security forces are spreading fear in the Philippines, the new flashpoint in the US war. Film-makers Jonathan Miller and Rob Lemkin report Sunday February 3, 2002 The Observer http://www.observer.co.uk/bush/story/0,8224,632070,00.html 'It would help Enron if you made that call' Bush was told - Price of power - He has won the Afghan war, but President Bush's peace is threatened by the Enron scandal. Ed Vulliamy reveals how far the White House is entwined in the biggest bankruptcy in US history - The Bush files - Observer special - Sunday January 13, 2002 The Observer - As he approaches the first anniversary of his inauguration, George W Bush is under siege. He has won the war in Afghanistan, but finds himself engaged in a new battle against a scandal that is threatening to dog his administration and tarnish his reputation . Bush and his administration have been revealed as entwined in a story of corporate greed and political manipulation by an energy firm called Enron, now under double criminal investigation. The scandal - in which the life savings and retirement funds of tens of thousands of employees vanished while a number of executive directors lined their pockets - reaches so high that John Ashcroft, the Attorney-General, has had to withdraw from the investigation because he received Enron money, and lawsuits are the pipeline to force Vice-President Dick Cheney for details of his contacts with the company. http://www.guardian.co.uk/enron/story/0,11337,644518,00.html No 10 did not reveal all Enron talks - Lucy Ward and Stephen Bates Monday February 4, 2002 The
[CTRL] The Strange Career of Frank Carlucci
http://www.counterpunch.org/schorcarlucci.html February 1, 2002 The Strange Career of Frank Carlucci By Francis Schor In the past few months there has been a rash of media reports on the Carlyle Group, a private equity investment group with billions of dollars of assets in the defense industry and a roster of directors and consultants which includes not only well-known Reagan and Bush appointees but also international figures like John Major, the former Prime Minister of Great Britain, and Fidel Ramos, the former President of the Philippines. The Chairman of the Carlyle Group, Frank Carlucci, was not only a former Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration, but a Deputy Director of the CIA during the Carter Administration. In fact, Carlucci's career in Washington provides some insight into the intersection between foreign and domestic policy in the Cold War years. Moreover, Carlucci's particular trajectory through the government and into private industry reveals much about the meaning and influence of the military-industrial complex in the past and continuing policies of the United States at home and abroad. A critical part of Carlucci's career was spent as a foreign service officer during the 1950's and 1960's in such hot spots as the Congo and Brazil. He capped that foreign service career with a stint as Ambassador to Portugal from 1974-77, a key time in the history and development of the Portuguese revolution. Carlucci's navigation through these conflictual moments helps to situate the nuances of US cold war policies not only in these specific countries, but throughout the world. As the Second Secretary in the US Embassy in the Congo during the time of the reign and consequent assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Carlucci was intimately involved in the US efforts to overthrow Lumumba's government. In the recent cinematic reconstruction of the life and times of the Congo's first elected prime minister, Lumumba by Haitian director, Raoul Peck, Carlucci is depicted as being part of a meeting of US, Belgian, and Congo officials plotting the murder of Lumumba. Claiming that this particular meeting was fabricated by the filmmaker, Carlucci did admit at a Washington premier of the film that US policy towards the Lumumba government was a bit "too strident." The fact that CIA station chief Lawrence Devlin was under direct instructions from Secretary of State Dulles to seek the immediate removal of Lumumba is part of the historical record. There is even evidence to suggest that the actual hit on Lumumba came from the White House at Eisenhower's suggestion. In fact, there was an assassin hired by the US government, equipped with chemical weapons from Ft. Detrick, to use against Lumumba. When Lumumba was captured in December 1960 after fleeing from house arrest by a former supporter and later vicious dictator of the Congo, Colonel Joseph Mobutu, the CIA probably helped to arrange for Lumumba's transfer to Katanga province where Katangan and Belgian henchman murdered Lumumba and disposed of his body. Meanwhile, Carlucci was attempting to placate Lumumba supporters and draw them into a new coalition government. In the confusions that ensued, Carlucci found himself under house arrest and at odds with Clare Timberlake, the US Ambassador to the Congo who did not favor any involvement with Lumumba supporters. Fortunately for Carlucci, Timberlake was relieved of his ambassadorial post and replaced by Kennedy appointees whose liberal politics allowed for certain compromises with indigenous forces in Africa who might still serve the anti-communist alliance while facilitating US economic interests in the region. Although Carlucci wasn't around for the mess that followed in the wake of UN intervention and the continuing zigs and zags of US policy in the Congo, he did wind up in Brazil in time for the overthrow of the Goulart government. The CIA and State Department were actively engaged in funneling money to opponents of Goulart and setting the stage for the eventual military coup in March and April of 1964. Beyond his populist policies that threatened nationalization of US subsidies, Goulart was seen by Washington as "soft on communism" and "pro-Castro," indictments enough to spell his doom and put in place right-wing military dictators who would outlaw any political or union dissent for years. As a consequence of the military coup and its entrenchment, Carlucci gained a reputation as a "tough-guy" with the American Defense Attaché in Brazil, Colonel Vernon Walters. By the end of the 1960s Carlucci had returned to Washington to become part of Nixon Administration, going from the Office of Economic Opportunity in 1969-71 to the Office of Management and Budget in 1971-72. He then was appointed Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1972-74. Among the other key members of these departments of domestic pacification were Caspar Weinberger, who was a Carlucci mentor, and Donald Rumsfeld, a
[CTRL] A Contractarian Perspective on 9-11
http://www.zolatimes.com/V6.5/contractarian_911.html A Contractarian Perspective on 9-11 by Brad Edmonds In a libertarian society, adults wouldn't have the legal ability to force each other to do things they don't want to do (except in the case of predators, who might be fined or otherwise punished for their crimes). People would still bind themselves to certain behaviors and promises, but only in the form of voluntarily-entered contracts. In this way, contracts would form the bulk of "law," as well as constitute what would serve as foreign policy. An interesting exercise: Imagine how 9/11 might have played out in such a society. First, 9/11 might not have happened. Before anyone (in this case, it was the US government) would be able to make a 50-year career of violent implementation of "policy" in the Middle East or anywhere else, funds would have to be raised from voluntary donors. It is doubtful that many Americans voluntarily would have donated money to bomb Iraq — Kuwait or no Kuwait — and a long history of our not bombing Middle Eastern targets for continuously variable reasons would have done much to remove the terrorists' motivation prior to 9/11. True, with the absence of US government support, many Jewish Americans might have donated money directly to Israel, but many Arab Americans might have donated equal amounts to Arab states in the region, again making it unlikely that terrorists would have ended up perceiving America as one big, uniform target. Making foreign policy a contract-based, voluntary-donation-supported enterprise would have given America quite a different face on the world scene, dating back at least to World War I and World War II, which we probably never would have entered if individual Americans were asked to give personal funds specifically for the purpose of entering distant wars. Of course, aside from giving a few billion people in other countries fewer reasons to dislike us, the "contractarian" approach to foreign policy would also remove the coercive taxation of millions of us here who disagree with our government's foreign policy, and who would prefer not to be billed for its implementation — this would be an absolute moral good, in itself. But that's past; what of the present? We are now being coercively taxed to support expensive bombing campaigns in Afghanistan, and next Somalia. If the bombing were paid for by voluntary donations — or better, "purchases," conditional upon the actual achievement of prior stated objectives — it might have stopped long ago, with our consistent inability to locate bin Laden; it might have been much more limited, with provisos in the contract that would assess penalties for "collateral damage"; or it might never have started. Before individuals would put up their own money to bring about justice, they would demand to see convincing evidence that the target of the bombings was the guilty party. Remember, our government made certain that evidence of bin Laden's guilt was never made available to the American public, at least until the "party" videotape released in December (whatever "proof" that tape amounted to). And of course there are other contracting options for the pursuit of justice, the most interesting of which would be letters of marque and reprisal, or private bounties. While our government has offered $25 million for bin Laden himself, if actually bringing down bin Laden and his henchmen were entrusted to, say, private mercenaries, it would likely absorb far more than $25 million in costs. After all, we've been spending $1 billion per month already, and we still don't even know where bin Laden is! This highlights another advantage of voluntary contracting: Not only does the party putting up the money demand evidence that the money is going to fulfill the desired purpose, but the party intending to provide the service won't sign unless the service can be performed, and a profit made, within the dollar amount specified. With voluntary contracting, commitments are made in advance, and both parties are liable in the event the contract is not fulfilled. By contrast, our government takes money from us whether we want the service performed or not; they determine what the cost will be (post hoc); and they simply tell us whether they've succeeded or failed. And what of the future? As to airline security, the libertarian press has called for complete deregulation — get the FAA out of the airline security business and allow airlines to secure their own private property. If airlines had been in charge of their own security, it's unlikely the 9/11 hijackings would have been attempted in the first place. Individuals and private organizations know already that there is inherent danger in guaranteeing a captive, disarmed audience, as the FAA has done, and as the government has done with our compulsory schools. In a libertarian future, private airlines, communities, and neighborhoods should be free to contract voluntarily to
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-Drugs_TheDarkSide] Mideast nazi links, etc.
---BeginMessage--- http://www.flamemag.dircon.co.uk/nazis_postwar_egypt.htm Postwar Arab links to the ODESSA network http://www.egy.com/judaica/97-12-01.shtml The Last Jewish Pasha Mizrahi's four houses were sequestered on account of his son-in-law Raoul Farahat. Was it because he was a partner in the British accounting firm of Russel Co? http://www.egy.com/judaica/97-12-01.shtml Russel Company connects to Thule. Russel Trust paid for the Skull and Bones (Thule Brotherhood of Death) Tomb at Yale. Russel also connects to the establishment of Bolshevism in Russia: http://thewebfairy.com/nwo/commiebones The name Mizrahi refers to three different things: 1. The Mizrahi Family of international bankers, centered in Israel 2. The Mizrahi movement, a zionist movement started in Germany 3. Mizrahi jews, those who never left the holyland in the firstplace. http://jews-for-allah.org/Jews-not-for-Judaism/Arab_Jews.htm Mizrahim had lived in North Africa and the Middle East for millennia, and the vast majority were opposed to creating a Jewish state in Palestine. The Iraqi Jewish leadership, for example, cooperated with the Iraqi government to stop Zionist activity in Iraq; the chief rabbi published an open letter denouncing Zionism. In 1920, Palestinian Jews signed anti-Zionist petitions denouncing Ashkenazi rule. It is now well documented that Zionist underground cells planted bombs in Jewish centres to create hysteria amongst Iraqi Jews, hoping to encourage a mass exodus to Israel. On January 14, 1951, a bomb was thrown into an Iraqi synagogue, killing four people. Of course these acts of terror by the Zionist movement did not happen in isolation from the corrupt Arab governments of the time, most of which were supported by the British, who had overtly backed the Zionist movement with the Balfour declaration of 1917. http://jews-for-allah.org/Jews-not-for-Judaism/Arab_Jews.htm http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~thirdway/files/articles/juden.html Jewish Perspectives of Zionism This is a most unfortunate set of circumstances in general and especially to be bemoaned in current portrayals of Jewish attitudes towards political Zionism. To peruse popular communication channels (and for that matter simplistic 'Nationalist' propaganda) is to learn that Zionism has and always has had the blind support of all Jews. Nothing could be further from the truth http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~thirdway/files/articles/juden.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FONT COLOR=#99Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial /FONTA HREF=http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/TySplB/TM;BClick Here!/B/A -~- To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ---End Message---
[CTRL] PEACE PROJECT JANUARY 2002 SURVEY
-Caveat Lector- PEACE PROJECT JANUARY 2002 SURVEY The Peace Index Project is conducted by the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research at Tel Aviv University, headed by Prof. Ephraim Yaar and Dr. Tamar Hermann and executed by the Tel Aviv University's B. I. Cohen Institute. Results are shown for 28-30 January 2002. The survey details below covers the representative sub-sample of adult Jewish Israelis 1. Do you believe or not believe that in the coming years there will be peace between Israel and the Arabs? Certain there will be peace 4.4% Think there will be peace 14.3% In the middle 9.9% Think there will not be peace 28.8% Certain there will not be peace 39.5% Do not know/no opinion 3.2% 2. In general, do you consider yourself a supporter or opponent of the peace process between Israel and the Arabs? Greatly opposed 7.9% Considerably opposed 6.5% In the middle 10.3% Considerably supportive 30.8% Greatly supportive 43.1% Do not know/no opinion 1.4% 3. What is your opinion on the agreement that was signed in Oslo between Israel and the PLO (Agreement of Principles)? Heavily in favor 10.7% Considerably in favor 15.3% In the middle 20.0% Considerably opposed 14.1% Heavily opposed 32.3% Do not know/no opinion 7.5% 4. Do you believe or not believe that the Oslo Agreement between Israel and the PLO will bring about peace between Israel and the Palestinians in the coming years? Greatly believe 3.8% Considerably believe 7.5 Middle 11.5% Considerably do not believe 20.6% Completely do not believe 50.0% Do not know/no opinion 6.5% 5. What is your position regarding negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority? Heavily in favor 27.0% Considerably in favor 32.1% Considerably opposed 17.1% Heavily opposed 21.2% Do not know/no opinion 2.6% 6. Do you believe or do not believe that negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will lead in the coming years to peace between Israel and the Palestinians? Greatly believe 8.3% Considerably believe 24.4% Considerably do not believe 26.8% Completely do not believe 37.9% Do not know 2.6 7. Do you believe or not believe that in the coming years there will be peace between Israel and Syria? Certain there will be peace 2.4% Think there will be peace 19.2% In the middle 20.6% Think there will not be peace 28.2% Certain there will not be peace 23.4% Don't know/have no opinion 6.2% 6. What is your position regarding support for a full peace treaty between Israel and Syria in exchange for full withdrawal from the Golan Heights? Greatly in favor 12.5% Considerably in favor 14.1% In the middle 13.1% Considerably opposed 15.5% Greatly opposed 40.3% Do not know/have no opinion 4.6% For all practical purposes, Israel has placed Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah under siege and he cannot move freely in the territories of the Palestinian Authority or go overseas. In your opinion, what is the main purpose of this move? 47.1% To pressure Arafat so that he will carry out real measures to end the terror 33.1% To undermine his authority as head of the Palestinian Authority 13.4 Both to the same extent 06.4% Do not know In your opinion can the siege bring about the realization of one or either of these goal? 15.1% End terror 15.5% Break Arafat's authority 21.2% Both 39.7% Neither 08.5% Do not know How would undermining the authority of Arafat as head of the Palestinian Authority impact terror activity against Israel? Increase 34.8% Decrease 17.5% No charge 39.0% Do not know 8.7% How would undermining Arafat's authority as head of the Palestinian Authority impact the chances of reaching a peace arrangement with between Israel and the Palestinians? Increase 22.3% Decrease 24.1% No change 44.5% Don't know 9.1% Do you support or oppose continuing the policy of taking out [wanted terrorists] by Israeli security forces? Support a lot 44.9% Considerably support 28.1% Considerably oppose 12.0% Oppose a lot 9.8% Don't know 5.2% In terms of Israel's interests, do you support or oppose killing Arafat? Support a lot 11.0% Considerably support 10.4% Considerably oppose 31.1% Oppose a lot 41.2% Don't know 6.4% Do you support or oppose that along with the pressure applied to Arafat and the Palestinian Authority that Israel make efforts, to the extent possible, to make the daily lives of the Palestinian population in the territories easier? Support a lot 33.9% Considerably support 31.1% Considerably oppose 16.1% Oppose a lot 13.9% Don't know 5.0% The papers report from time to time about demeaning attitudes of soldiers and Israeli security people towards Palestinian civilian in the territories, for example intentionally delaying them at checkpoints. In your opinion, do such incidents occur frequently or infrequently? Very frequently 14.4% Considerably frequently 29.7% Considerably infrequently 26.1% Very infrequently 16.8% Don't know 13.0% If and when such incidents occur, in your opinion should the security system treat them with complete seriousness as if they
[CTRL] An Afghan Life's Worth - $1,000 USD
-Caveat Lector- http://www.msnbc.com/news/627086.asp Report: U.S. paid villagers over raid Rumsfeld: U.S. investigating; he says he has no knowledge of payments Three men walk away from a grave site near the town of Uruzgan, where villagers claim that U.S. special forces wrongly killed at least 18 men. MSNBC STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Feb. 4 -- Afghan officials say the United States has conceded that a deadly raid in a southern Afghan village two weeks ago was a mistake and that families of those killed had been given compensation -- in $100 bills -- according to a report broadcast Monday. U.S. FORCES have returned to investigate claims that they killed the wrong people in the raid, and they should apologize on the spot if the claims prove true, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday. U.S. soldiers have gone to the area in Uruzgan province where special forces killed 15 or 16 people and arrested 27 in a nighttime raid two weeks ago, Rumsfeld said at a Pentagon news conference. Rumsfeld admitted for the first time that it was possible that a U.S. military assault on two compounds Jan. 24 resulted in their unfortunately killing or wounding some individuals who might have been friendly. According to a report broadcast Monday by NPR News, however, senior Afghan officials said that the United States had already expressed regret over the raid at Uruzgan and had even paid the victims' families $1,000 each in U.S. cash. Responding to a question, Rumsfeld said he had no information about reports of such apologies or payments. I do know that U.S. soldiers have gone back into the area, I believe with Afghans, to try to determine the facts, he said. I would hope that if, in the course of that, they discover that somebody was in fact killed who should not have been killed ... that American forces would express apologies. I can't say that I know that, but I would hope they would. PENTAGON ABOUT-FACE After days of insisting they had struck the right people, Pentagon officials said last week that they would investigate the incident. The interim Afghan government led by Hamid Karzai said it also was investigating. Rumsfeld said he recalled Karzai's telling someone in the U.S. military that in the event that it turns out that people were in fact killed who were friendly to the interim government, that would be unfortunate, and it would be helpful if some way could be found to compensate them. The Pentagon has insisted that U.S. special forces attacked a legitimate military target in the raid on an ammunition dump that intelligence analysts believed al-Qaida or Taliban forces were using. But some Afghans said Taliban renegades were handing over weapons to Karzai's government at the site. They said that some pro-Karzai figures were killed and that others, including a police chief, his deputy and members of a district council, were among those arrested. COMMAND POST MOVING TO BAHRAIN Meanwhile, the top Marine Corps general for Central Asia and the Persian Gulf is moving his command post from Hawaii to Bahrain in another sign that the U.S. anti-terror campaign in Afghanistan and elsewhere won't be over any time soon. Lt. Gen. Earl Hailston moved to Bahrain in mid-January on Rumsfeld's orders, said his spokesman in Hawaii, Lt. Col. Pat Sivigny. Hailston, who oversees the Marines' operations in both the Central and Pacific commands, joins Central Command chiefs for the Air Force and the Army, who moved to the region in recent months, and the Navy's 5th Fleet, which already had a base there. The Navy component of Central Command is headquartered in Bahrain, the Air Force's is in Saudi Arabia and the Army's is in Kuwait. Also, some Marines who had been deployed to the Afghan campaign have moved to the coast of Africa for a three-week joint exercise with Kenyan forces, Pentagon officials said Monday. More than 2,000 Marines began the amphibious exercise Sunday. Officials said it had been planned for months and was not a sign that military action was planned soon in neighboring Somalia, where officials fear al-Qaida terrorists from Afghanistan could seek refuge. FACTIONAL FIGHTING Also Monday, efforts to quell Afghanistan's worst factional fighting since the fall of the Taliban had mixed results. Under supervision of the United Nations, opposing forces in the north agreed to work toward a demilitarization but, in the east, government mediators reportedly failed to push two warring tribes into a peace deal and ordered both sides to send delegations to Kabul for more talks. In the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, two factions agreed to set up
[CTRL] Nobel Peace Prize - wadda joke.
-Caveat Lector- THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IS A DISGRACEFUL JOKE! Henry Kissinger (extended the Vietnam war 3 years. Chile.) Yasser Arafat ( need one say more?) Kim Dae Jung ( Corporate Dictator of S Korea) Frederik Willem de Klerk ( racist ) United Nations Peace-keeping Forces ( Ha, ha, ha, ha. ) Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin (A dictator and a fascist ) George Catlett Marshall ( American archetecht of WWII ) Thomas Woodrow Wilson ( Racist warmonger ) Theodore Roosevelt ( Racist warmonger ) and now these clowns... Bush, Blair nominated for Nobel Peace Prize By DOUG MELLGREN Associated Press OSLO, Norway (February 4, 2002 12:45 p.m. EST) - Praised for fighting terrorism and securing world peace, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have been nominated for the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, a Norwegian lawmaker announced Monday. Harald Tom Nesvik, a member of parliament from the right-wing Party of Progress, said he has nominated the two leaders who have been at the forefront of the war in Afghanistan. The background for my nomination is their decisive action against terrorism, something I believe in the future will be the greatest threat to peace, Nesvik said. Unfortunately, sometimes ... you have to use force to secure peace. Nesvik has nomination rights as a member of a national legislature. The Oslo-based awards committee accepts nominations postmarked by Feb. 1, so proposals continue to arrive and a final number is not expected until late in the month. Last year, 136 individuals and groups were nominated. The $943,000 prize was shared by the United Nations and its secretary-general, Kofi Annan. The committee keeps the names of nominees secret for 50 years. However, those making nominations often reveal their choice. The Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States and the aftermath were expected to influence this year's nominations, because those events were too late to be considered in last year's award. Other Sept. 11-related nominations mentioned, but not confirmed, include former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Guy Tozzoli, an engineer who helped design the World Trade Center. Also Monday, two Christian Democratic members of Norway's parliament announced their nomination of the Salvation Army, adding to a list that includes Rome-based Catholic group Church of Sant'Egidio for peace and humanitarian efforts and the Mission of Mercy humanitarian group for work in Latin America. The Nobel Prize winners are named in mid-October and the awards are always presented on Dec. 10, the day their founder, Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, died in 1896. The peace prize is awarded in Oslo, and the others in Stockholm, Sweden. A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
[CTRL] Scientists find key to eternal life [ Methuselah gene ]
Scientists find key to eternal life ALASTAIR DALTON SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT THE search for the secret of eternal life has advanced a step, after scientists claimed they had located the gene responsible for healthy old age. Icelandic biotechnologists said they had isolated the Methuselah gene, which they believe could lead to the development of drugs enabling people to live longer. The gene - a stretch of DNA - has been named after the Old Testament figure said to have lived for 969 years. Kari Stefansson, the chief executive of DeCode Genetics, said: "There is no reason why we cannot do this. "We know the location of this gene. Soon we will study its exact DNA sequence and work out how it works in the body. You can then think of making drugs that could replicate its action." Researchers pinpointed the gene by using Icelands uniquely comprehensive family records to compare 1,200 people who had lived beyond 90 with a similar number with average lifespans. They found those who lived longer were much more closely related than in the other group. Mr Stefansson said: "Our tight heritage and records are ideal for this sort of work. We have the same genes as everyone else on the planet, but because we have a small, tight population of only 270,000, it is much easier to pinpoint those of us that carry genes that have interesting functions." The scientists discovered that those who lived longer appeared to have inherited a single gene that protected them against old age, rather than being born into families which did not inherit genes that made them vulnerable to illnesses. DeCodes work follows research published by Harvard Medical School in the US last year, that claimed people who lived past 100 had in-built defences against old age. The study, which was aimed at protecting people from ageing, found such people had a longevity gene which was inherited, so their children were also likely to live ten to 15 years longer than average. It also found that the brothers and sisters of centenarians were four times more likely than average of living to 90. The Harvard researchers discovered that all 137 100-year-olds they studied had Methuselah-type genes, which appeared to enable them to fight off conditions such as cancer, dementia and heart disease. Scientists had previously believed thousands of human genes worked together to determine how long people live. Professor Thomas Perls, a geriatrician involved with the Harvard study, said: "An average set of genes will allow you to live to your mid to late eighties. To get another 20 healthy years, you have these disease -resistant genes."This article: http://thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=135692002 pxl.gif Description: GIF image
[CTRL] Was Hitler's Homosexuality Nazism's Best-Kept Secret?
Was Hitler's Homosexuality Nazism's Best-Kept Secret?Posted Feb. 4, 2002By Nathaniel S. LehrmanAdolf Hitler's homosexuality has been demonstrated beyond question by German historian Lothar Machtan's massively researched new book, The Hidden Hitler, which shows homosexuality's central role in Hitler's personal life.But the crucial role within the Nazi movement of the most vicious and lawless types of homosexuality, which Machtan also shows, is even more important than Hitler's personal preference. In 1933, six months after Hitler took power, the distinguished Jewish author Ludwig Lewisohn described what Machtan confirms, that "the entire [Nazi] movement is in fact and by certain aspects of its avowed ideology drenched through and through with homoerotic feeling and practice." And those homosexual currents inextricably were connected with vicious German militarism long before the Nazis.Hitler quit school at age 16 and in 1909 moved to Vienna, where he twice took and failed the Art Academy's entrance examination. Shortly after his move, August Kubizek, a young man from his hometown, joined him and they lived together for four months. Intensely jealous, Hitler wrote Kubizek, "I cannot endure it when you consort and converse with other young people." Hitler's adolescent move to sexually liberated Vienna so new to him and so different from home and his open choice there of homosexuality calls to mind the choice involved in what Charles Socarides calls America's "Thanksgiving Day Massacre." His book, Homosexuality: A Freedom Too Far, describes that "massacre" as when a college freshman, home for the first time after months at a sexually liberated college, joyfully informs his startled parents, "Hey Mom, hey Dad! Be thankful! I have something to tell you. I'm gay!"For the next several years, Hitler drifted aimlessly. Despite immense Nazi efforts to erase as much of his past as possible (by destroying his massive police records, for example) Machtan dug out clear evidence of Hitler's homosexual activities during this period, such as his five months at a men's hostel known as "a hub of homosexual activity." He formed close attachments to several men, but throughout his life was uninterested in relationships with women.In May 1913, he moved with another young man to Munich (said to be "a regular El Dorado for homosexuals") and, in September 1914, joined the Bavarian army. He spent the war years as a behind-the-lines messenger, enjoying a long and active sexual relationship with another runner, Ernst Schmidt. At war's end, Hitler returned to Munich and more homosexual activities. He met at that time Capt. Ernst Roehm, a well-connected army officer who soon offered him his first job as a political spy for the army within a newly organized workers' party. Hitler's political rise from that point was "meteoric," Machtan writes. Politically "an unknown quantity" when he joined the party in 1919, three years later he had become an important political influence "the repository of the deutsch-folkisch [roughly German ultranationalist] movement's hopes."Hitler's rise largely was due to the two brilliant homosexuals who mentored and tutored him: Roehm, a notorious pederast and a contemporary, and Dietrich Eckart, 21 years his senior. Roehm, a career staff officer during the war, had access to both secret army funds and to military and right-wing groups such as the ultranationalist, anti-Semitic and homoerotic Freikorps the fiercely anticommunist terrorist squads that sprang up, especially in eastern Germany, in response to the political chaos of the early Weimar Republic. Eckart was a fiercely anti-Semitic journalist and playwright who taught Hitler political tactics and introduced him to Munich and Berlin society, as well as to other wealthy people throughout the country. In April 1923 Hitler was convicted of treason for his nearly successful coup against the Bavarian government. Sentenced to five years in prison, he was released after nine months. He then began collecting the lawbreakers, sexual and other, who would form the heart of his new Nazi Party. Machtan shows that the party was a sexual swamp from its very beginning, an evil conspiracy in which members held sexual or other criminal secrets over one another's heads. Indeed, Machtan suggests that Hitler's fear that Roehm and other openly homosexual Nazis would "out" him and his associates was a motive for his later murder of Roehm. The Nazi Party, whose terrorism and conspiracy had won it a maximum of 37
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: [OrderofSkullandBones] Scroll Keys 522?
BF>Skull and Bones exists as the real inner circle of power in America, where our political power structure interlocks with the occult power structure. It appears as though there is a conclusive link between Germanic occultism and the Skull and Bones. Germanic occultism existed in the guise of "Illuminism". Illuminism has suffered an inernal war between its internationalist faction (Weishaupt) and its reactionary faction (Von Knigge). John Daniel detailed the warfare within the occult in his excellent series Scarlet and the Beast , the only fault with it being that he dwelt too much on Masonry and not enough on the Teutonic Knights and the German factor in the equation. Nazism was a particularly vile outgrowth of this whole dialectic. The Skull and Bones is the American branch of this whole network. It may be the most power branch of it in the modern world. Certainly the Bushes are very much a product of this, the current President perhaps reluctantly. Of all places, the History Channel did an expose' on this. They even interviewed David Icke! I may not always agree with Icke, but yes, we do see an interlocking set of bloddlines and they are gunning for what appears to be a global fascist state. Most of us struggle hard on this list. Why should Ken Lay be able to cheat the system? I cannot even fathom it. MHO Bates
[CTRL] Sen. McCain Undergoes Surgery for Skin Cancer
-Caveat Lector- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/nm/20020205/pl_nm/politics_mcca in_dc_4 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Sen. McCain Undergoes Surgery for Skin Cancer Mon Feb 4,11:44 PM ET PHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. John McCain underwent successful surgery on Monday to remove a small melanoma from his nose, his office said in a statement. Photos Reuters Photo Surgeons at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix took about an hour to remove a skin lesion less than one centimeter in size from the left side of McCain's nose that was considered to be the earliest form of melanoma, the statement said. He received a local anesthetic. There's no indication of malignancy, nor was there, McCain told reporters outside his Phoenix home. But it's something that's important to detect early and get rid of early. Doctors will know by Tuesday if the edges of the specimen are clear and then are scheduled to have the Republican senator return for an additional procedure on Tuesday, said Nancy Ives, a McCain spokeswoman. McCain, Arizona's senior senator and a former presidential candidate, will undergo a 90-minute procedure to cover the scar from the removal of the tumor, she said. McCain, 65, is expected to be hospitalized overnight and released on Wednesday, Ives said. Plans call for him to return to Washington on Sunday night or Monday morning. This is the third time McCain has been diagnosed with skin cancer, but Ives said the new tumor was not related to any melanoma he has had previously. McCain had surgery to remove melanomas from his left temple and left arm after his 2000 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, which he lost to then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush. He also had a melanoma removed in 1993. Melanomas are the most deadly form of skin cancer, killing more than 7,000 Americans annually. People who have had them are cautioned to watch for lesions that have uneven or irregular borders and contain multiple shades of brown or black. McCain's office said the new tumor was discovered during a routine dermatological examination on Jan. 17. (He) would encourage everyone to use sunscreens with high SPF (sun protection factor) and have regular dermatological checkups, Ives said. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
[CTRL] Israel: Iran Has Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon
-Caveat Lector- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/nm/20020204/wl_nm/mideast_peres _un_dc_1 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Israel: Iran Has Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon Mon Feb 4, 5:16 PM ET By Irwin Arieff UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres accused Iran on Monday of turning Lebanon into a ball of explosives by sending in Revolutionary Guards and arming Hizbollah guerrillas with Katyusha rockets. He said after talks with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that Tehran had given 10,000 missiles -- able to strike targets inside Israel -- to Hizbollah guerrillas operating in southern Lebanon near Israel's northern border. On top of that, the Iranians are having the Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon, which is illegal under the United Nations charter, and we are going to appeal to the secretary-general on that subject, Peres, who was in New York for the World Economic Forum, told reporters. The Katyushas, with a range of 12 to 42 miles (20 to 70 kms), can hit the heart of Israel, he said. They have converted Lebanon into a ball of explosives, endangering the future of Lebanon. The missiles' range would put them within striking distance of the northern port city of Haifa. Israel is also concerned that medium-range missiles could fall into the hands of Palestinian militants waging a 16-month-old uprising against Israeli occupation. The United Nations has peacekeepers in southern Lebanon and marked out the frontier between Israel and Lebanon after Israeli forces withdrew from the south in May 2000, ending 22 years of occupation. The Hizbollah guerrillas are backed by Syria, the main power broker in Lebanon, as well as Iran, and control most of southern Lebanon. Israel last month intercepted a boat carrying arms including missiles that Israel said came from Iran and were being shipped to the Palestinian Authority. Iran and the Authority have denied involvement in the shipment. President Bush said in his annual State of the Union message last week that Iran, together with Iraq and North Korea, comprised an axis of evil. Peres also said he backed a proposal put forward by the French Foreign Ministry last week that Israel recognize a Palestinian state before settling the question of its boundaries. We suggested (that) too, Peres said when asked about the French idea. But he rejected a second idea suggested by Paris -- that the Palestinians be allowed to hold general elections. I think the idea of an election is premature, he said. Election campaigns invite candidates to take extreme positions in order to catch the voters' eye, increasing tensions, he said. Who needs it? What for? he asked. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
[CTRL] Police identify key link in abduction of US journalist
-Caveat Lector- http://sg.news.yahoo.com/020205/1/2fctp.html WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Tuesday February 5, 2:03 PM Police identify key link in abduction of US journalist Pakistani police identified a missing Muslim militant, Mohammad Hashim Qadeer, as a crucial link in the kidnapping of US journalist Daniel Pearl as their search for the reporter intensified on Monday. He is the main link and his arrest can lead to a major breakthrough, a senior officer involved in the investigation told AFP, requesting anonymity. Authorities believe Pearl, 38, is still alive somewhere in the southern port city of Karachi where he disappeared 12 days ago, although the investigation has spread nationwide. The search is still on. I am very hopeful that the case will be resolved soon, Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider told reporters. The Wall Street Journal reporter was using Qadeer, better known as Arif, as a contact point to meet other Islamic militants in Pakistan before he disappeared, the senior investigating officer said. Pearl was last seen heading off to meet Arif on the understanding that he would bring him to Mubarak Ali Shah Gilani, leader of the little known militant Muslim group Tanzeem-ul-Fuqra, the officer said. Investigations have shown Arif was acting as a go-between for Pearl and Gilani, the officer told AFP. Police have dismissed claims by Arif's family that he died recently in Afghanistan. When they visited Arif's home in southern Bahawalpur district last week they found the family conducting prayers for the dead but there was no sign of a body. We have no confirmation that he has been killed, the assistant police superintendent in Bahawalpur, Khurran Shakoor, told AFP Monday. Arif is known to have had a long association with Harkatul Mujahedin, a militant group whose accounts have been frozen and offices sealed in Pakistan after being branded a terrorist organisation by the US last October. Arif is the main link which can lead us to unearth the mystery and lead to the group which is claiming responsibility, the investigating officer said. He added that it appeared Gilani, who has denied any connection with the kidnapping, was used as a bait to trap the American journalist. Unwittingly he (Pearl) played into the hands of the kidnappers. He said police continued to believe Pearl was still alive as the kidnappers' demands had not been met, and nothing has been heard from them since they extended the death-threat deadline last Thursday. It seems that he is being held somewhere in Karachi, the officer said. The investigation has been complicated by several misleading e-mails and the discovery of an executed body in Karachi Sunday night, but all have been discounted as linked to Pearl. A previously unheard-of group, calling itself the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty, sent two e-mails last week with photos of Pearl in captivity, threatening to kill him by Thursday. The deadline was later extended to Friday. Investigators are treating the group as Pearl's real kidnappers because their e-mails contained photos of the reporter, Karachi police chief Tariq Jamil told AFP. But they are concerned at the group's silence since the last photo of Pearl was sent by e-mail on Wednesday. It is a big concern for us as they have not sent any fresh message, but in high-profile kidnappings sometimes the kidnappers take time, Jamil said. Investigators meanwhile have fanned out beyond Karachi to the interior of Sindh province, Baluchistan province in the west, Punjab province in the east and the border town of Peshawar in North West Frontier Province, Jamil said. Twelve people detained in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad over the weekend remained in custody Monday, but police said no arrests had been made. Interior Minister Haider said there were indications Pearl was alive but I cannot claim of making any breakthrough although we are getting close to the men involved through various means. The captors had demanded the release of Pakistanis among prisoners held at the US naval base in Cuba. However the United States has ruled out negotiations. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and
[CTRL] House Panel: Whereabouts of Enron's Lay a Mystery
-Caveat Lector- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/nm/20020205/ts_nm/enron_congres s_dc_39 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! House Panel: Whereabouts of Enron's Lay a Mystery Mon Feb 4, 9:49 PM ET By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional committee trying to serve a subpoena on former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay said on Monday his personal attorney does not know where Lay is and could not accept the subpoena. We made contact with Mr. Lay's attorney this afternoon ... He tells us he does not know of Lay's whereabouts, which we find quite puzzling to say the least, said Peggy Peterson, spokeswoman for the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee. Earl Silbert, Lay's attorney, was unavailable for comment. A woman answering the phone at his home said he was ill. Lay resigned from the board of the fallen energy trading giant on Monday as two congressional committees vowed to force him to come before them to testify on Enron's collapse. He had been scheduled to appear before a House Financial Services subcommittee to talk about Enron's downfall, but he backed out over the weekend. The House committee had hoped to subpoena him on Monday to compel him to appear on Tuesday, Peterson said. But upon contacting Silbert, she said, He told us he doesn't know where he (Lay) is and so could not accept the subpoena ... This is a bizarre situation. She said, We're going to keep talking to the attorney. Lay had also been scheduled to appear before a Senate committee on Monday, but canceled that date, as well. Lay resigned as chairman and chief executive of Houston-based Enron on Jan. 23. On Monday, he issued a statement saying he was also stepping down from the board. I want to see Enron survive and successfully emerge from reorganization, he said in the statement. Due to the multiple inquiries and investigations, some of which are focused on me personally, I believe that my involvement has become a distraction to achieving this goal. His testimony to Senate and House panels had been expected to be a highlight of four days of hearings into the crumbling of the one-time Wall Street darling, the largest company to file for bankruptcy in U.S. history. But Lay canceled, with his lawyer citing a prosecutorial atmosphere. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest Hollings, a South Carolina Democrat, said the committee would meet on Tuesday to issue a subpoena to make Lay testify on Feb. 12. However, even if he appears, Lay can invoke his right not to testify against himself, committee members said. With a criminal inquiry into Enron's demise under way at the Justice Department and fresh revelations emerging daily of wildly irregular practices at the company, an increasing number of witnesses were refusing to testify before Congress. Ousted Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow and former Enron executive Michael Kopper were expected to appear before a House Energy and Commerce Committee panel on Thursday, but to invoke their right not to testify against themselves. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
[CTRL] Don't Run, Hillary, Don't Run
-Caveat Lector- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,44740,00.html WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Don't Run, Hillary, Don't Run Monday, February 04, 2002 ALBANY, N.Y. â More voters nationwide are beginning to take Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at her word when she says she won't run for president in 2004, according to results of a poll released Monday. And, by a larger than 2-to-1 margin, voters nationwide think the New York Democrat should never run for the White House. The poll, by Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion, found that about one in four voters think the former first lady will run for president in 2004. That is down from 36 percent who felt that way in a poll issued in March by the institute, based in Poughkeepsie. Broken down by party, more Republicans (30 percent) than Democrats (19 percent) believe Clinton will run for president in 2004. She remains, nationally, a person who still divides the country along party lines, Marist pollster Lee Miringoff said. Clinton has said she does not plan to run for president in 2004, but has not flatly ruled anything out beyond that. Twenty-seven percent of voters questioned said Clinton should someday run for president, while 65 percent said she should not. That is statistically unchanged from the Marist poll of March. As Senator Clinton has said, she is not running for president; she is working hard in the Senate for the people of New York, said Clinton spokeswoman Karen Dunn when asked about the poll. Republican consultant Jay Severin said that Clinton's decision to hold a fund-raiser in Washington next month for Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack is evidence that the senator is preparing to run for president in 2008. She's going to collect chits, Severin said Monday. The biggest George Bush fan in America right now for '04 is Hillary Clinton. She needs Bush to win in '04 so there is the combination of an open seat and a rationale for her being the rebuilder and savior of the Democratic Party. I'll bet my house she's running in '08. Democrats were about evenly split on whether the former first lady should someday run for president -- 44 percent said she should and 48 percent said she should not. There was no such uncertainty among Republicans, with 83 percent saying Clinton should never run for president. The best thing in the poll, if she ever wants to run for higher office, is Democrats do divide fairly evenly, so there are Democrats to work with for her, Miringoff said. The telephone poll of 785 registered voters was conducted Jan. 14-24 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
[CTRL] U.S. goal: Keep arms from Palestinians
-Caveat Lector- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26319 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! FROM DEBKA INTELLIGENCE FILES U.S. goal: Keep arms from Palestinians Plans to cut off Arafat from fresh weapons provided by 'axis of evil' -- -- Editor's note: DEBKAfile's electronic news publication is a news-cum-analysis live wire, online round the clock seven days a week. A weekly edition,DEBKA-Net-Weekly, is now available through WorldNetDaily.com. Drawing on DEBKAfile's unique sources, analytical talents and forward-looking insights, it is presented as a compact, intelligence-angled weekly package. It is available as a direct e-mail feed or via the Internet. © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com The next stage of the U.S.-Israeli strategy for containing Palestinian terrorism will cut off Yasser Arafat from the wherewithal for building up, replenishing and arming his militias and terror groups, reports DEBKA-Net-Weekly. As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon prepares to meet with President Bush on Thursday, the United States is focusing on stemming the tide of weapons to the Middle East supplied by the axis of evil â Iran, Iraq and North Korea. The axis nations are the chief suppliers of weapons to Syria, Hezbollah, al-Qaida fighters sheltering in Lebanon and Syria, the Hamas, the Jihad Islami and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Arafat's Fatah, Tanzim, al Aqsa Brigades and presidential guard, Force 17, have not been formally listed, but they are already being treated in Washington as though they have been, according to DEBKAfile. The Israeli navy and air force have been integrated with Turkey and Germany in the U.S.-led operation to seal off the terrorists' smuggling routes that were exposed when Karine-A was seized a month ago. DEBKAfile's military sources report that the United States is finishing building new bases and the deployment of the units required for throwing a naval and air blockade around the eastern Mediterranean shoreline, the east coast of Africa, the Persian Gulf and its approaches and the Red Sea. It is designed inter alia to seal off the routes for transferring Palestinian, Hezbollah and al-Qaida fighting strength from Lebanon and the Persian Gulf to the Gaza Strip and West Bank, as well as choking off the Palestinians' supplies of such war materials as guns, explosives, rockets and mortars from Lebanon, the Balkans, Iran and the Persian Gulf. Israel is taking part in the air and naval siege under preparation by the United States, Turkey, Oman and Jordan, as well as joining Jordan in sealing the overland routes across their countries and Palestinian areas against the passage of terrorists and illegal arms. All of this leaves Arafat high and dry in Ramallah for the foreseeable future. DEBKAfile's political sources maintain that both these speculations are totally false. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
[CTRL] U.S.-Israel joint exercise tests `Iraqi scenario'
-Caveat Lector- http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=125818contrassID=2 subContrassID=1sbSubContrassID=0 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! U.S.-Israel joint exercise tests `Iraqi scenario' By Amos Harel Israel and the United States held a large joint exercise last month deploying the Arrow and Patriot missile defense systems. The exercise played the Iraqi scenario in which the rogue state fires surface-to-surface Scud missiles at Israeli population centers. Hundreds of soldiers from the U.S. Army's anti-aircraft units based in Europe came to Israel for the drill - similar exercises have been held in the past, once every year or so, but this one was important, given developments in the Gulf area. Belief is widespread in defense quarters that President George Bush's recent comments signal that Iraq will be the next target in the American war on terrorism. Israel believes the Americans will step up pressure on the regime of Saddam Hussein with an aim of toppling him. In such a scenario - which could evolve around May - it is highly likely Iraqi would fire missiles at Israel, especially if Saddam felt a real threat to the survival of his regime. The Israeli military believes the U.S. will give Israel a warning, albeit a short one, of its plans for Iraq. The U.S. would also deploy Patriot missile batteries around Israel. Last month's exercise included a simulation of Scud missiles being fired at Israel, and an Israeli-American effort to intercept them using a combination of Arrow and Patriot systems. A senior Israeli military source told Ha'aretz we concentrated on testing the ability of the Arrow and the Patriot systems to work together. We have a very good ability to make the most of the deployment of forces and intercept the missiles. We know how to work together with both systems and this was obvious a year ago. Israel needs additional Patriot batteries in the center of the country, in addition to the Arrow and Patriot batteries it already has, if it is to successfully fend off the threat of Iraqi missiles. The American systems are thus also necessary. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis 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
[CTRL] Brits seek use of Chinese bases
-Caveat Lector- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26322 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! STRATFOR GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE UPDATE Brits seek use of Chinese bases Want to mute U.S. unilaterism by using Beijing's facilities -- -- Editor's note: In partnership with Stratfor, the global intelligence company, WorldNetDaily publishes daily updates on international affairs provided by the respected private research and analysis firm. Look for fresh updates each afternoon, Monday through Friday. In addition, WorldNetDaily invites you to consider STRATFOR membership, entitling you to a wealth of international intelligence reports usually available only to top executives, scholars, academic institutions and press agencies. © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com The British government has held talks with Beijing about the possibility of using Chinese air bases for operations in Afghanistan, according to Stratfor, the global intelligence company. By requesting such unprecedented military cooperation from China, London is trying to convince an increasingly unilateralist Washington of the necessity of coalition building. China, for its part, could use the offer to re-emerge on the global stage after being on the sidelines post-Sept. 11. The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense has asked Beijing for access to western Chinese air bases for use in support of relief operations in Afghanistan. Such cooperation would be unprecedented for China, which has not seen British military operations on its soil since World War II, and Beijing has yet to respond to the request. Britain â a key player in humanitarian efforts now under way in Afghanistan â has straightforward tactical reasons for requesting Chinese assistance, but the appeal harbors significance far beyond Afghanistan for both London and Beijing. For both parties, the opportunity for military cooperation in Afghanistan is a test of their ability to manage U.S. unilateralism. On the surface, Britain needs additional air bases to perform its mission in Afghanistan. The airports at Kabul and Bagram are wrecked and cannot support sufficient large-cargo aircraft to meet relief needs. Britain is seeking to establish hubs outside Afghanistan, from which smaller transports with fewer logistical requirements can shuttle into Afghanistan's poorly maintained airfields. London already has permission to use the Karachi airport, but it needs a northern airfield as well. The Chinese air bases likely under consideration are in Kashgar or Hotan in Xinjiang province, since these are the nearest airports capable of supporting substantial traffic. London has also contacted Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, any of which could provide adequate support, but none of them would serve the political purposes that a Chinese airport would serve. While the United Kingdom is at the center of the Afghan relief effort, it is also a key member of the U.S. coalition against al-Qaida. It is therefore extremely significant that London has approached Beijing for support. China has played a marginal role in the fight against al-Qaida thus far and has responded critically to what it sees as Washington's penchant for unilateralism. U.S. President George W. Bush forcefully emphasized the unilateralist doctrine in his State of the Union address, setting Washington's allies as well as adversaries on edge. Britain is extremely concerned that, as one of the United States' closest allies, it could become a hapless adjunct to Washington's war on everyone. Thus, while the United States has openly abandoned its commitment to coalition-building, London has rushed to mitigate U.S. actions and build coalitions by proxy. The British Foreign Office has dismissed Bush's assessment of Iran as part of an axis of evil, noting that Britain will continue to seek engagement with Tehran. NATO's secretary-general, Britain's Lord George Robertson, warned Washington that NATO would not extend its support for the U.S. anti-terrorism campaign to broader attacks without convincing evidence, and he urged European defense leaders to reinforce their military cooperation and effectiveness to curtail U.S. unilateralism. Furthermore, with the approach of a U.S.-China summit, the request for air bases is clearly intended to lay the groundwork for broader talks on Chinese participation in the coalition. In engaging China, London hopes to convince Washington that coalition-building can still work and that Britain is a valuable ally in the coalition-building effort. For China, there are benefits in agreeing to such a deal. For one thing, it guarantees a very significant role in determining the future of Afghanistan. This helps keep India and others in check while placing Beijing squarely back in its self-perceived place as a leading â rather than overlooked â nation. It also is useful
[CTRL] U.S. relations put Putin on the spot
-Caveat Lector- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26323 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! STRATFOR GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE UPDATE U.S. relations put Putin on the spot Replacement would take Russia in much more hostile direction -- -- Editor's note: In partnership with Stratfor, the global intelligence company, WorldNetDaily publishes daily updates on international affairs provided by the respected private research and analysis firm. Look for fresh updates each afternoon, Monday through Friday. In addition, WorldNetDaily invites you to consider STRATFOR membership, entitling you to a wealth of international intelligence reports usually available only to top executives, scholars, academic institutions and press agencies. © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com Russian President Vladimir Putin has chosen to extensively cooperate with the United States, but so far Moscow has only received token handouts in exchange for numerous concessions. Unless Putin can show he is getting substantial benefits from Washington, the Russian populace may rank him alongside past leaders Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin as a puppet of the West. U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said Jan. 31 that the United States is seeking Russia's help in promoting change in Iran, Iraq and North Korea â specifically in halting the spread of weapons technology to and from these countries. The same day, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov met with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell to hammer out the details of the May 23 U.S.-Russia summit. Most of the conversation reportedly had to do with Putin's economic reforms. In other words, the United States continues to place demands on Russia in foreign policy while dangling economic benefits in front of it. The United States has put Putin on the spot. His rise to power stemmed partly from the failure of his predecessor's economic policies and partly from the perception, following the Kosovo war, that Russia had submitted to U.S. foreign policy demands in return for very little. Indeed, Russians saw their last two leaders, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, as accommodating themselves to Western demands in both economic and foreign policy, without receiving any of the expected rewards. In the minds of many Russians, their Westernizing leaders were at best dupes and at worst traitors who sold out Russia for nothing. Clearly, Putin cannot afford to become the third leader of this type. The United States turned to Russia for strategic support early during the Afghan war. Washington was in an extremely difficult position: It had to respond militarily in Afghanistan, but geopolitical realities limited access to the country. It was forced to depend on both political and strategic support from Russia. Despite a fairly rocky start to relations with the Bush administration, Putin chose extensive cooperation with the United States. He obviously expected a mutually beneficial relationship. Forging a partnership with the West â even as a junior partner â is central to Putin's foreign and economic policy, and he seized the opportunity presented by the Afghan campaign to make nearly any sacrifice necessary to achieve that goal. But without substantial, demonstrable rewards, Putin can only lose. Russia has made many concessions to the United States. It has massively reduced its own global intelligence capability by closing the Lourdes listening station in Cuba and announcing its withdrawal from Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam. Putin has put meaningful union with hard-line Belarus on hold, and he has not generated substantial pressure over NATO expansion. The president also has acceded to a U.S. military presence in Central Asia, and he reportedly will allow Russian oil companies to participate in U.S.-sponsored pipeline schemes. On the surface, at least, the rewards for these concessions have not been evident. To the contrary, the United States has taken a series of steps that are clearly not in Russia's interest. For instance, by January 2002, it was apparent that the United States was developing a long-term presence in Central Asia. Russia had believed that the U.S. presence in the region would be temporary and based on strategic understandings that were trilateral â including Russia in the bilateral relationship with the host country. Moreover, Washington also has announced its withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and it is now refusing to make arms reduction talks into legally binding treaty discussions, despite Russian wishes. Finally, low-ranking State Department officials met with Ilyas Akhmadov, the Chechen foreign minister, on Jan. 23, after Washington criticized Russian security sweeps in Chechnya. There has been some movement on the economic front, but not much. For example, there is evidence that the United States is
[CTRL] WND's annual survey highlights year's major underreported events
-Caveat Lector- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26230 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! 10 most 'spiked' stories of 2001 WND's annual survey highlights year's major underreported events -- -- By David Kupelian © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com WorldNetDaily.com has compiled its annual list of the most spiked stories â unreported or underreported major news events of the last year â after polling its readers and editors. While most news organizations present year-end retrospective replays of what they consider to have been the top news stories of the previous 12 months, WND's editors have always found it more newsworthy to publish a year-end compilation of the important stories most ignored by the establishment press. WND Editor and CEO Joseph Farah has sponsored Operation Spike every year since 1988, and since founding WorldNetDaily in May 1997 has continued the annual tradition. For the past three years, WND has invited its readers to join in and submit what they considered the most underreported stories of the past year in the site's Operation Spike forum. Here then are WorldNetDaily's picks for the 10 most underreported stories of 2001. 1. Christian persecution worldwide: The murder, torture and persecution of Christians in the Third World, and even prosperous countries, is one of the worst, and least-reported, of global human-rights abuses ⦠said former Time magazine senior correspondent and Beijing Bureau Chief David Aikman. Though WND filed many reports on the horrific worldwide uptrend â especially in Sudan, where over 2 million non-Muslims, mostly Christians, have been killed by the radical Islamic regime in Khartoum, mainstream press coverage is tepid and understated as a rule. WND's popular monthly magazine, Whistleblower, had a major piece on Islamic persecution of Christians in the November JIHAD issue. And as the upcoming March 2002 edition of Whistleblower â which is devoted entirely to Christian persecution â points out, more Christians have been killed because of their faith in the last century than in all previous centuries combined. 2. The real story of Islamic militancy worldwide. In close contention for the No. 1 most spiked story, the true depth and breadth of the political movement variously called Islamism, Islamicism and militant Islam has simply not been told by the mass media. Islam is a religion of peace, Americans have been told, and the 9-11 terrorists were part of a tiny renegade group that has hijacked Islam in order to justify terrorism. In reality, as WND has reported ever since last fall's multiple terror attacks â and especially in the JIHAD issue of Whistleblower â approximately 10 to 15 percent of the world's approximately 1.2 billion Muslims are of the militant Islamist strain. The president dismissed al-Qaida's version of Islam as a repudiated 'fringe form of Islamic extremism,' said veteran Mideast analyst Daniel Pipes. Hardly. Muslims on the streets of many places â Pakistan and Gaza in particular â are fervently rallying to the defense of al-Qaida's vision of Islam. Likewise, the president's calling the terrorists 'traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam' implies that other Muslims see them as apostates, which is simply wrong. Al-Qaida enjoys wide popularity â the very best the U.S. government can hope for is a measure of Muslim neutrality and apathy. 3. The continued cover-up of both the alleged Middle Eastern connection to the Oklahoma City bombing, and the likelihood that TWA Flight 800 was shot down by a missile. Despite September's open and audacious declaration of war by Islamic terrorists; despite mounting evidence that the crash of TWA Flight 800 was due to foul play; despite the obvious question, in light of the 9-11 suicide skyjackings, about the EgyptAir plane crash which killed 217 (a few courageous analysts revisited the chilling 1999 disaster in which the Egyptian co-pilot, a devout Muslim, reportedly had said Allah Akbar, Arabic for God is great, before the plane plunged to its destruction); despite Clinton impeachment prosecutor David Schippers' revelation in WND that he was thoroughly convinced that there was a dead-bang Middle Eastern connection in the Oklahoma City bombing â the press was, by and large, immune from revisiting such stories, beyond reporting the official government conclusions. Only U.S. News World Report, in a tiny news item buried in its Washington Whispers column, saw fit to report that some top Defense Department officials believe Timothy McVeigh, executed for his role in the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, was an Iraqi agent. 4. Out-of-control illegal immigration across the Mexican border â including Middle Eastern illegals â and the refusal of U.S. political leaders to stop it. WND's exclusive report
[CTRL] Pro-disestablishmentarianism
-Caveat Lector- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26330 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Pro-disestablishmentarianism -- -- © 2002 Creators Syndicate, Inc. I feel compelled to follow up on my last column to respond to many questions and objections I received from e-mailers. I'll give you the essentials in case you missed that column. I chronicled more examples of the ACLU and others targeting virtually any expression of Christianity in the public arena. I argued that while they cloak their crusade in the righteous veil of the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, their real motive might be hostility toward Christianity. (Does the ACLU ever complain when the teachings of Islam are glorified in public schools?) One question was: Would you feel differently if Islamic or Buddhist messages were posted in the public arena? The answer is: Of course, I would feel differently. But my feelings aren't the issue. The Constitution is. Please understand the distinction. I am not advocating the public sponsorship of Christianity. There may even be legitimate constitutional objections to it, but the Establishment Clause isn't one of them. It was never intended to preclude all government sponsorship of religion nor to mandate the so-called separation of church and state. I don't think the government ought to have its nose in half the things it does today because there are no express nor implied powers authorizing them in the Constitution. Indeed, I doubt that the Constitution authorizes federal employees, at least, to erect signs promoting Jesus. But neither does it authorize them to do any other kind of private work on the government nickel. But the Establishment Clause itself was never intended to preclude these types of activities. The Establishment Clause was meant to prohibit the federal government from mandating a particular religion, not from sponsoring a religion in certain limited respects or invoking Christian symbols in its functioning, e.g., God bless this honorable Court. Also, there is another religion clause in that very same First Amendment: The Free Exercise Clause. The framers would be horrified by the extent to which our modern courts have diminished the free exercise of religion (for example, in voluntary school prayer) in the name of the Establishment Clause. So, no, I wouldn't like it if public workers helped Buddhists or Muslims erect signs promoting their religion. But, as originally written, the Establishment Clause wouldn't bar these activities. But, you ask, since this is a nation of diverse peoples, why should the Ten Commandments be displayed on government property to the exclusion of other religious symbols? Perhaps that's a question better addressed to the founders, who manifestly had no problem with it, which is further proof not only that they were predominantly Christian, but that they didn't intend anything approaching a complete separation of church and state. Another e-mailer suggested that I lost credibility because I went too far in saying that the Establishment Clause only limits the federal government and not the states. Well, I can't help it, but that happens to be the truth. The fact that an activist Supreme Court artificially incorporated most of the Bill of Rights as limitations against the state governments as well does not mean the framers intended such a result. It also doesn't mean that I personally favor states establishing particular religions, including Christianity. Don't worry â I'm sure most state constitutions forbid this practice anyway. In fact, I am â and all Christians I know are â opposed to a government-mandated religion. The very concept is repugnant to Christianity, which is all about freedom of conscience. There is no such thing as forced conversion to Christianity, as the choice of Christianity is a matter of individual will (not discounting God's sovereignty in the process, by the way). Finally, many e-mailers and others insist that few of our founding fathers were Christians and that the Constitution is based not on Christian principles, but those of the secular Enlightenment period. This is perhaps one of the most widely held pieces of historical revisionism in our society. Even many Christians have bought into this error. I believe that if you truly study the historical record â as opposed to the conclusions of secular humanist-dominated academia â you will discover that while some of the framers were deists, atheists or agnostics, approximately 90 percent of them were Christians. Thankfully, they did not adopt the enlightenment brand of liberty, equality and fraternity â which amounts to abstract allegiance to freedom without the underlying moral foundations â because it doubtlessly would have led us down the perilous French path. History has repeatedly shown that naked
