Re: [CTRL] CBS Planning Another Anti-Bush Hit Job?
-Caveat Lector- I only posted this so we could watch and see if CBS was stupid enough to walk into this trap even with the "warning" from Insight. Given CBS's track record, anything anti-Bush from them, truthful or not,. will be considered a "hit" piece, They brought it on themselves. JR - Original Message - From: Bill Shannon To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 12:46 AM Subject: Re: [CTRL] CBS Planning Another Anti-Bush Hit Job? -Caveat Lector- So now any critical examination of Dumbya's regimeby CBS will be an "anti-Bush hit job?" Better tell that to Viacom head honcho Sumner Redstone, aBushite and owner of CBS, thathis network is being mean to the boy president. Maybe he'll eventell their mommies to lay off the moron. Bill. ---Original Message--- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List Date: 09/24/04 23:39:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] CBS Planning Another Anti-Bush Hit Job? http://www.insightmag.com/news/2004/09/20/Politics/Cbs-Planning.Another.AntiBush.Hit.Job-730861.shtml Insight on the News - Politics Issue: 9/20/04 CBS Planning Another Anti-Bush Hit Job?By Cliff Kincaid The CBS scandal gets worse every day. Now, in an amazing twist, Michael Isikoff of Newsweek was on Chris Matthews' MSNBC "Hardball" show last Wednesday night claiming that CBS had been planning to air a story about the White House using forged documents to make the case for war against Iraq.CBS, reportedly, postponed the story so it could go on the air attacking President Bush on the National Guard issue. It backfired when 60 Minutes itself got caught using forged documents. Still, Isikoff indicates that 60 Minutes is planning to air the anti-Bush piece, perhaps as early as Sunday night, September 26. here is only one big problem-the anti-Bush story, as described by Isikoff and eagerly embraced by Democrat partisan Matthews, is completely false. It's as phony as those National Guard documents. The Iraq-uranium link, the subject of much media misinformation, has been documented and confirmed by authoritative reports from Britain's Lord Butler, who had been a cabinet secretary under five different Prime Ministers, and the Senate Intelligence Committee. In an article on the Newsweek website, Isikoff claims that 60 Minutes had originally planned to run a story about "how the U.S. government was snookered by forged documents purporting to show Iraqi efforts to purchase uranium from Niger."Isikoff says the story, narrated by CBS correspondent Ed Bradley, "asked tough questions about how the White House came to embrace the fraudulent documents and why administration officials chose to include a 16-word reference to the questionable uranium purchase in President Bush's 2003 State of the Union."Isikoff says 60 Minutes has been working on the story for more than six months. It is amazing that, 18 months after Bush uttered those 16 words, Isikoff, 60 Minutes, and Chris Matthews still can't or won't get the story straight. Bush's famous 16 words were: "The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." Bush never said that Saddam "purchased" uranium. While the Bush administration mishandled the controversy under a media assault and even backed away from what the President said, subsequent investigations confirm that Saddam Hussein was seeking uranium from Africa.Lord Butler's July 14, 2004, report called Bush's words "well-founded." It reported that,"a) It is accepted by all parties that Iraqi officials visited Niger in 1999."b) The British Government had intelligence from several different sources indicating that this visit was for the purpose of acquiring uranium. Since uranium constitutes almost three-quarters of Niger's exports, the intelligence was credible."c) The evidence was not conclusive that Iraq purchased, as opposed to having sought, uranium and the British Government did not claim this. "d) The forged documents were not available to the British Government at the time its assessment was made, and so the fact of the forgery does not undermine it."FactCheck.org, a group headed by former CNN and Wall Street Journal reporter Brooks Jackson, examined the controversy and declared, "Both the Butler report and the Senate Intelligence Committee report make clear that Bush's 16 words weren't based on the fake documents. The British didn't even see them until after
Re: [CTRL] About the Hurricanes -- Screw these Tesla Coils or We Lose
-Caveat Lector- I am answering this email late...but I believe Damon isn't on track here...and I know personally that the Tesla coils are being used by Golden Dawn cults and Scientologists throughout the U.S. to call up Cloud groups/cults/spooks and use upper atmosphere payoffs..this I have seen and fully believe. Obviously the fed govt is letting this occur and probably for economic social control reasons. See below my answers to his statements of reply.. E. Murray _ --- Damon Richter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- In news:internal.ml.new-age.ctrl, A. Bpyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted on Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:39:31 -0700: Suppose greedy Golden Dawn, Wicca and Scientology cults are still milking these forces for special gifts and that these upper atmospheric powers arent gonna take it any more. Suppose they are worn out, tired...angry...and doing what they can to stop the onslaught of violent and vicious humans who keep zapping them with electronic frequencies unrelentingly. == Damon replied: Suppose recent weather events are just natural, cyclical patterns that have come around regularly ever since we had weather on Earth. Irrespective of how we act on this planet, droughts come and go. Ice ages come and go. Heat waves come and go. We just happen to be alive at a time when the changes are accelerating. + E.M: It is the increase that has me worried and concerned that the Tesla coils cults are using are distrubing the upper atmosphere too much. IF this is true than govts worldwide need to respond to major concerns of the public. The Coils are being used to call up Cloud groups...this is not at issue...so the govt needs to answer questions about why and what is the prognosis for earth on this matter...I would not assume that they know whether or not this is detrimental, they have purposely avoided related questions about pollution for decades and let it continue unabated. What could happen then? Oh, it could get worse...if the cults dont become far better controlled and stop their zooming these influences...we really could be in for far larger ionispheric problems in the long run. = Damon said: I think you're giving far more power to those groups than they're due. ++ EM: Well I am not convinced that you know how impt or unimportant these issues are...or put more frankly that you have professional qualifications or knowledge to argue this. It is certainly a possibility that the earth may be being damaged, upper atmosphericly...and that the Cloud cults (and New Agers) do not give a damn about that. Tesla and the USSR were damn bastards to invent these mechanisms, which are known to cause earthquakes, lightning storms, rain, and tremendous hardships for many people who own their homes and are being used in these violent assault scenes in localized neighborhoods. == Damon said: If someone or some group is using Tesla's technology to create destruction, it's not the fault of Tesla. Tesla had high moral standards. However, when he died, government agents raided his home and a safe where he kept his research, documents and other materials related to his knowledge. He was working on projects to help mankind. The government stole his work so they could use it to both make war and defend against it. +++ EM: How do you know that Tesla had great morals? He was a Jew. He worked for the USSR, used a Colorado community in the US for experimentations for nearly 20 yrs, without their knowledge or approval (clandestinely). He refused to speak with or communicate with the wonderful human rights president, FDR in the late 30s. NO...NO...Tesla was a son of a bitch asshole who was doing clandestine Soviet research in the US, probably harming and ripping off the American public all the way in the name of COMMUNISM. As only a Russian Jew could do it. NO..he was a major asshole. NOW...I have to ask, are YOU a Russian JEW? And obviously tied to Tesla politically and socially? People being innocently harmed are mad...many whirlygigs are mad...storm fronts are mad...somebody and something has to bring out the real scene to STOP THIS...before it it too late for this planet to recover. === Damon said: The planet will recover. There's no need to worry about that. + EM: Again, who do you think you are? Some really in Soviet scientist with Jew-Communistic credentials? What is your real name, Damon...what is your real occupation? I have two MA university degrees, am a published author in American history, and was a high up administrator in non-profit institutions in a large metropolitan area for nearly three decades. I think your opinion about planet earth's recovery is premature and stupid unless you can provide us with proof the the use of these coils
Re: [CTRL] George W. Bush, The Neocons, The Nazis
-Caveat Lector- Daniel...this is a private email to reply to this thing you wrote. Bush is decidedly NOT Fascist. He is a good ole' boy, possibly a British pretty boy type (these are deadly Hannibals). These are not Fascists...Fascists are dedicated to disposing of and eliminating Jews...and the Brit-New Agers schemes the cultures which eminate from them. Bush is a New Ager, he is a frat boy, he has assembled a good ole boy trio in the White House...which includes himself (vampire-bat-economist), Cheney (curmudgeon-cat-schemer-planner) and Rice or Powell as humanoids (dog-lizards, aka timers and sex elements). Bush put the British trio into force in the White House from the beginning and very methodically. BUSh will not survive long, is my belief because he does not have a moral balance in his group. Period. He needs to have a FOURTH influence, which he has not put into action and which he hates, evidently. Unless he has a Jesus influence which is a major.moral force in his decisionmaking, in the White House, He will LOOSE ultimately...but what is devistating even more is that so many great Jesus bloodlines will be sacrificed in the meantime, due ot his hatred of them. This is the predicament of a great many political thinkers and actors these days. They don't know the scheme, they don't know what to do, they are either too young or simply stupid selfish bastards with BAD DNA. E. Murray ___ These --- Daniel Mio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- There are numerous connections between the Bush family and the Nazis. Moreover, the philosophy of the neocons within the Bush administration has already been connected with fascism. However, no article has attempted to present an overview of the fascist connections within the Bush administration - until now. Please see: George W. Bush, The Neocons, The Nazis http://memes.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=3240mode=threadorder=0thold=0 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] New proof of Vietnam War atrocities
-Caveat Lector- http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0438/turse.php From the National Archives: New proof of Vietnam War atrocities Swift Boat Swill by Nicholas Turse September 21st, 2004 11:40 AM John Kerry is being pilloried for his shocking Senate testimony 34 years ago that many U.S. soldiersnot just a few rogueswere committing atrocities against the Vietnamese. U.S. military records that were classified for decades but are now available in the National Archives back Kerry up and put the lie to his critics. Contrary to what those critics, including the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, have implied, Kerry was speaking on behalf of many soldiers when he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 22, 1971, and said this: They told stories that at times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam, in addition to the normal ravage of war and the normal and very particular ravaging which is done by the applied bombing power of this country. The archives have hundreds of files of official U.S. military investigations of such atrocities committed by American soldiers. I've pored over those recordswhich were classified for decadesfor my Columbia University dissertation and, now, this Voice article. The exact number of investigated allegations of atrocities is unknown, as is the number of such barbaric incidents that occurred but weren't investigated. Some war crimes, like the Tiger Force atrocities exposed last year by The Toledo Blade, have only come to light decades later. Others never will. But there are plentiful records to back up Kerry's 1971 testimony point by point. Following (with the names removed or abbreviated) are examples, directly from the archives: They had personally raped On August 12, 1967, Specialist S., a military intelligence interrogator, raped . . . a 13-year-old . . . female in an interrogation hut in a P.O.W. compound. He was convicted of assault and indecent acts with a child. He served seven months and 16 days for his crimes. Cut off ears On August 9, 1968, a seven-man patrol led by First Lieutenant S. entered Dien Tien hamlet. Shortly thereafter, Private First Class W. was heard to shout to an unidentified person to halt. W. fired his M-16 several times, and the victim was killed. W. then dragged the body to [the lieutenant's] location. . . . Staff Sergeant B. told W. to bring back an ear or finger if he wanted to prove himself a man. W. later went back to the body and removed both ears and a finger. W. was charged with assault and conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline; he was court-martialed and convicted, but he served no prison time. B. was found guilty of assault and was fined $50 a month for three months. S. was discharged from the army before action could be taken against him. Cut off heads On June 23, 1967, members of the 25th Infantry Division killed two enemy soldiers in combat in Binh Duong province. An army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) probe disclosed that Staff Sergeant H. then decapitated the bodies with an axe. H. was court-martialed and found guilty of conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline. His grade was reduced, but he served no prison time. Taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power On January 10, 1968, six Green Berets in Long Hai, South Vietnam, applied electrical torture via field telephones to the sensitive areas of the bodies of three men and one woman . . . Four received reprimands and Article 15sa nonjudicial punishment meted out by a commanding officer or officer in charge for minor offenses. A fifth refused to accept his Article 15, and no other action was taken against him. No action was taken against the sixth Green Beret. Cut off limbs A CID investigation disclosed that during late February or early March 1968 near Thanh Duc, South Vietnam, First Lieutenant L. ordered soldier K. to shoot an unidentified Vietnamese civilian. K. shot the Vietnamese civilian, leaving him with wounds in the chest and stomach. Soldier B., acting on orders from L., returned to the scene and killed the Vietnamese civilian, and an unidentified medic severed the Vietnamese civilian's left arm. No punishment was meted out because none of the identified perpetrators was found to be on active duty at the time of the June 1971 investigation. Blown up bodies On February 14, 1969, Platoon Sergeant B. and Specialist R., on a reconnaissance patrol in Binh Dinh province, came upon three Vietnamese males . . . whom they detained and then shot at close range using M-16 automatic fire. B. then arranged the bodies on the ground so that their heads were close
[CTRL] [JBirch] WSLabor Secretary Chao: U.N. a Threat to U.S. (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Remember:More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car than have died in United States Commercial Nuclear Power plant operations visit my web site at http://www.info-quest.org My ICQ# is 79071904 See the Pledge of alleginace to the flag that the 9th circuit court of appeals doesn't want you to say. for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.info-quest.org/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:38:43 PDT From: carl william spitzer iv [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JBirch] WSLabor Secretary Chao: U.N. a Threat to U.S. Wes Vernon, NewsMax.com, ARLINGTON, Va. - President Bush's labor secretary warned a gathering of conservatives that Americans must pay more attention to the United Nations and its related organi- zations, which she noted were chipping away at U.S. sover- eignty and threatening freedoms. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, making her charges late Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, explained that powerful tax-exempt organizations were apply- ing pressure through the U.N. to have the world body make decisions for Americans' lives without any input from U.S. citizens. These efforts are being made without the knowledge of most Americans, she pointed out. Chao cited a recent case where a labor union complained to the United Nations that the U.S. government was violating international law and international standards on the treat- ment of government employees. The idea that tax-exempt U.N. and allied non-government organizations would presume to dictate to Americans how they live, work and conduct themselves on their internal business was a major theme late Thursday at CPAC, not only from Secretary Chao but also from panelists who preceded her. Foreign Parasites Tom DeWeese, president of the American Policy Center, charged that the goal of this unholy alliance was to erase national boundaries, redistribute wealth on an internation- al scale and steer decisions on American affairs from repre- sentative government to the global village, with all of us as global citizens. He and another panelist, Jeff Gayner of Americans for Sovereignty, called for the U.S. to get out of the U.N. and to force the U.N. to get out of the U.S. Secretary Chao cited not only labor organizations but also groups in other areas of concern, such as Environmental Policy Institute and self-described human rights groups that have used their tax-exempt status to try to bring the U.S. into line with their worldview, without a single American vote being cast or even an awareness on the part of most U.S citizens. The long list of accredited left-of-center NGOs, she said, have become key players in laying the groundwork for international law and, she fears, one day, the U.S. will be pressured to adopt the globalist agenda without a single vote being cast. Social Engineering The internationalist-minded NGOs, the secretary ob- served, are encouraging the U.N. and its offshoot agencies to pressure the United States into policies mandating gender neutrality and reallocating defense expenditures for other left-favored causes. Conservatives who ignore the U.N. do so at their peril, Chao declared. DeWeese said the international tentacles of the NGOs reached down to local governments around the country. He said they were working with city and county governments to use familiar programs to forge ahead with such ideas as sustainable development, and smart growth, euphemisms, he said, for pressuring us out of the wide-open suburbs and into crowded cities. These policies also make housing more expensive, though liberal politicians constantly bemoan the lack of affordable housing, a shortage they have abetted. If you love liberty, the American Policy Center president told CPAC, sustainable development is your enemy. The job-killing, China-boosting Kyoto global warming treaty and the International Criminal Court, both rejected by President Bush, are just the tip of the iceberg, DeWeese warned. Few Americans are aware of what is going on, he noted. It goes to the philosophy of these particular NGOs that all living creatures are the same, perhaps crowing humans together in cities, with the animals looking in. Gayner said Americans would have to use the same mantra with
[CTRL] [JBirch] Fw: [ANTI-homosexual-lesbianmovement] Discrimination against white, heterosexual male found (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Remember:More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car than have died in United States Commercial Nuclear Power plant operations visit my web site at http://www.info-quest.org My ICQ# is 79071904 See the Pledge of alleginace to the flag that the 9th circuit court of appeals doesn't want you to say. for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.info-quest.org/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 00:34:08 -0500 (Central Daylight Time) From: Chad McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JBirch] Fw: [ANTI-homosexual-lesbianmovement] Discrimination against white, heterosexual male found ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 09/24/04 11:37:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ANTI-homosexual-lesbianmovement] Discrimination against white, heterosexual male found Discrimination against white male found By George Archibald THE WASHINGTON TIMES An English professor at the University of North Carolina illegally subjected a student to intentional discrimination and harassment because he was a white, heterosexual Christian male who expressed disapproval of homosexuality, the U.S. Education Department's Office of Civil Rights has ruled. Professor Elyse Crystall violated student Timothy R. Mertes' civil rights, the agency said, by improperly accusing him of hate speech in an e-mail sent to students after a class discussion in which Mr. Mertes said he was a Christian and felt disgusted, not threatened by homosexual behavior. The e-mail message not only subjected the student to intentional discrimination and harassment, but also discouraged the robust exchange of ideas that is intrinsic to higher education and is at the very heart of the Constitution's protection of free speech, Alice B. Wender, the Education Department's southern regional director of civil rights concluded in a letter to UNC Chancellor James Moeser on Wednesday. The ruling was hailed by Rep. Walter B. Jones, North Carolina Republican, who requested a civil rights probe five months ago after learning about the student's plight from a Raleigh talk-radio show. This vindicates this young man's First Amendment rights to speak out, as he has acknowledged, as a Christian, Mr. Jones said. So I'm going to look at this as a victory for students in this country who feel that they have a right to express themselves. If you don't have that right in a collegiate classroom, what rights do you have? The department's letter said no penalty or further action was necessary because Ms. Crystall had apologized for her actions and the university had convened faculty workshops to discourage race and sex discrimination against white, male, Christian undergraduates. Mr. Moeser, Ms. Crystall and Mr. Mertes did not respond to inquiries yesterday. The federal ruling comes as Mr. Moeser and UNC administrators at the Chapel Hill campus have moved this month to shut down a male Christian fraternity there, Alpha Iota Omega, on the grounds the student group is violating the university's anti-discrimination policy because it excludes non-Christians and self-professed homosexuals from membership. The fraternity has filed a federal lawsuit against UNC to protect its membership policy from university interference. This adds another example to what is a problem at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and also, I believe, it's a problem across this nation, Mr. Jones said of the UNC effort to shut down the fraternity. There have been similar efforts against Christian student groups at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., the Pennsylvania State University, the University of Minnesota, the University of Oklahoma and Southwest Missouri State University. The civil rights probe of UNC involved a discussion seminar on diversity issues required for graduation for which Ms. Crystall was the professor, according to Ms. Wender's 11-page letter announcing the agency's decision. In a session in February, students told investigators that they were discussing one author's views that society affords whites, males, and heterosexuals privileges that others, for example, blacks, women and homosexuals, do not have, the decision letter stated. A topic of the session was whether heterosexual men felt 'threatened' by homosexual men. Toward the end of the class, Mr. Mertes stated that 'threatened' was the wrong word to use. According to the letter, Mr. Mertes cited the example of a friend in California who is a Christian and who was propositioned by a gay man. He got a love letter from this man, and he felt dirty and disgusted, not threatened. Mr. Mertes told the class that, as a Christian, he felt the same way, the letter said. He would not want to have to explain to his 6-year-old why
[CTRL] Fwd: [cia-drugs] Re: CBS Planning Another Anti-Bush Hit Job?
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Jim, AIM is a regular recipient of annual $250,000 grants from Scaife. You don't need me to break down the Scaife angle, do you? http://www.mediatransparency.org/search_results/in fo_on_any_recipient.php?recipientID=1374 Reed Irvine is the force behind AIM. Cliff may be the editor in chief, but nothing gets published if Reed Irvine does not approve. From Jim Marrs: Media watchdog organizations like the right-wing Accuracy in Media (AIM) are especially suspect, even though they pretend to watch out for the public interest. Writer Michael Collins Piper in 1990 made public that AIM founder Reed Irvine was paid $37,000 a year as an 'advisor for the division of international finance of the Federal Reserve System,' writes Marrs. Noting that many Fed members also belong to the secret societies, Piper wrote, 'To this day, Irvine and AIM never touch on any subject which is sensitive to the interests of the international Establishment: whether it be the Bilderberger group, the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations or the truth about the privately owned Federal Reserve.' From Robert Sterling (the Konformist): That family history aside, Scaife has some impressive intelligence credits of his own. He was behind a major CIA propaganda effort based in London, beginning as a group known as Forum World Features in the 1960s, which became the Institute for the Study of Conflict in 1970. Both were funded jointly by Scaife and the CIA. He is also a major financier of Reed Irvine's Orwellian-named Accuracy In Media (AIM) the right-wing disinformation unit with major ties to the CIA and the Mikkies (military-industrial komplex.) With this history, it should be no surprise that Scaife was listed as one of the CIA's Mockingbird operatives in Alex Constantine's expose on the intelligence establishment's iron grip on the korporate media. How much of his work is intelligence work, how much of it is ideological, and how much of it is just him looking after his own interests can be debated: in many ways, it is one in the same, as Scaife's involvement in intelligence and politics is much to further his own business interests. To put it another way, Scaife would say, What is good for the Richard Mellon Scaife is good for the United States. That said, there is a definite right-wing bent to his work and financing. Consider the following: * in 1980, he helped finance propaganda for the Reagan Revolution, namely the Gipper's often reactionary economic system that people like Scaife conveniently benefited from. * He is friends with Ken Starr, giving him his academic job offer, which Starr originally accepted, then declined when it became viewed as unseemly. * He is the owner of the right-wing Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, whose most famous reporter, Christopher Ruddy, has been one of the more vocal Vince Foster Was Murdered proponents. (To his credit, Ruddy does a pretty decent job in his work despite his dubious money source.) * Then there is the following list of foundation contributions by Scaife: Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, run by Paul Weyrich, $1.67 million; The American Spectator Educational Foundation, Publisher of the American Spectator, $950,000; Judicial Watch, Larry Klayman's Klinton sue-happy org, $550,000; Landmark Legal Foundation, $525,000; Southeastern Legal Foundation, which represents ex-Secret Service agent Gary Aldrich's tawdry book, $150,000. All told, according to Time Magazine, Scaife has give $200 million over the past 30 years to right-wing causes and foundations, or enough to film another Titanic. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jim Rarey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark, No, I wasn't aware of that. I don't remember seeing anything by Kincaid on the subject. Jim - Original Message - From: mark urban To:
[CTRL] Fwd: [ctrl] A day in the life
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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 ---BeginMessage--- Title: A day in the life -Caveat Lector- A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE REPUBLICAN Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it, too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor. Joe begins his workday. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment checks because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune. Its noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification. He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to. Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have. -- I have
[CTRL] Booming trade under the skull and crossbones
-Caveat Lector- http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly/letterfrom/story/0,12807,1310980,00.html - Letter from Mexico Booming trade under the skull and crossbones Kurt Hollander Guardian Weekly In the last century the neighbourhood of Tepito in Mexico City went from being the centre of second-hand goods to being the hub of fayuca - illegally imported or stolen electrical appliances. When Nafta got rid of tariffs on electrical appliances, Tepito evolved into the home of Mexican piratería . Piratería, the illegal reproduction and sale of DVDs, videos, music, computer programs and video games, along with knock-offs of brand-name clothes, represents the most lucrative industry in Mexico. Sales of these illegal goods represent three times that of Pemex, the government-owned oil company. On the global scale, Mexico is exceeded only by China and Russia in pirate profits. Some 40% of all sales in Mexico are from pirated goods, and it is estimated that up to 70% of CDs and DVDs are illegally reproduced. And the vast majority of pirated goods are made in and around Tepito. Which is to say, business here is booming. The streets are completely overrun by stalls set up underneath coloured tarpaulins that extend for dozens of blocks in all directions, creating a cramped outdoor "mall" in one of the city's only pedestrian neighbourhoods. This new industry of workers exists outside the law, and lacks all worker benefits and protection. Which is perhaps why so many people have been flocking to the new saint in town, la santa muerte (holy death), who is called upon to help people out of difficulties, especially those involving money, violence and the law. When I ask one of the vendors wearing a black santa muerte T-shirt if he really believes in her power, he lifts up his shirt and shows me several stab wounds on his back. "If it weren't for her protection, I would have bled to death like a stuck pig. Of course I believe in her." In Tepito pirates still operate under the emblem of a skull and crossbones. Curiously, the police also pay their respects to this skeletal figure, whose altars are to be seen on several corners in Tepito. The police, however, rarely enter the neighbourhood. Tepiteños handle their own security. This I get to see first-hand. One guy, obviously on drugs, tries to steal some clothes off a stand: he is quickly stomped on by several members of the local business community, right in front of the shopping crowd. One old lady turns to me: "Whatever happened to the saying that anyone who steals from a thief is granted a hundred years of forgiveness?" I imagine that only applies if you get away with it. In Tepito one can buy DVDs of all the Hollywood films, months before they appear in licensed form. Usually the pirated copies are shot with a digital video camera during a preview screening. As such, the movie is often complemented by images of people getting up out of their seats or accompanied by the sounds of popcorn crunching or someone coughing. The millions of dollars spent on special effects inevitably become lost in translation. It is not just Hollywood blockbuster films that are illegally reproduced here, however. Much to my surprise, I find a copy of my own feature film, Carambola , on sale. My film, like all the countless Hollywood and Mexican films sold in Tepito, costs six pesos (50 cents), as opposed to DVDs sold in shops, which sell for more than $17. The cost of the film is not what surprises me, though. My surprise is the fact that, unlike the other films on sale here, my film isn't even finished yet. I ask the guy in the stand to pop my film into his DVD player so I can watch it on the television he has set up in the stall. What is being sold as Carambola , I see, is actually a crude version that must have been illegally purchased from someone at one of the laboratories the film has passed through in its post-production stage. On the cover of the DVD all the credits that appear are invented, but for the main actors' and my own, while 20th Century Fox is credited as the distributor. When I tell the vendor that I'm the director and that the film isn't even finished, he's impressed, though not with me. "People are watching your film before it even comes out? Now that's the magic of Tepito!" Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004 www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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.
[CTRL] Fwd: Jupiter1s Wife (or The MKHomeless)/Heaven's Gate
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Jupiter¹s Wife (or The MKHomeless)/Heaven's Gate E.dited by Alex Constantine ³I believe many street people have been deliberately shut down through ... disease, microwaves, ELF, etc., thus leaving the possibility of being controlled electronically.² Elizabeth Russell-Manning, ³Mass Mind Control of the American People² (Self-Published, 1992) -- http://www.nvr.org/vidforum_content.php?end=filmid=3pro=healthstart=subs ec=a Jupiter's Wife Year: 1994 Format: Color; 78 minutes/Video Price: N/A --- Distributed by: Blackbridge Productions 169 Mercer Street New York, NY 10012 Summary: ... Covering a two-year period, [Michel] Negroponte's psychological drama-cum-documentary unveils fragments of Maggie's biography and the circumstances that catapulted her into mental illness. The filmmaker meets the friends who help Maggie survive, tracks down her real family and learns about Maggie's past: she once achieved short-lived notoriety as the first female hansom carriage driver in New York City; she appeared in a Universal newsreel and on the television show What's My Line? and went on to become involved in two relationships that produced two sons tragically lost to her when she was committed to a mental hospital. As she hovers protectively over her growing canine brood, Maggie seems to be reliving her fleeting experience of motherhood. ... Cast Role Maggie CoganHerself--Jupiter's Wife BobbiHerself--Homeless Friend Dr James KrumenauerHimself--Veterinarian Katina PendletonHerself--Woman from the Upper East Side Audrey PendletonHerself--Katina's Daughter JOAN CULPEPPERHerself--the Psychic Soul Reader Joanne BergbomHerself--High School Classmate CharlesHimself--Friend of Maggie Crew Credit Michel NegroponteDirector Michel NegroponteProducer Jane WeinerCo-Producer Doug BlockCo-Producer Michel NegroponteEditor --- http://www.dvdtown.com/review/jupiterswife/11855/1998/ Jupiter's Wife DVD Details DVD Review By James Plath (March 10, 2004) ³Jupiter¹s Wife² is a documentary that focuses on a single homeless woman and her pack of dogs as they roam the 843 acres of New York City¹s famed Central Park The film gets its title from an appropriated Greek mythology that Maggie has constructed to give her life a scale and substance that we suspect somehow balances her lowly existence and the tragic events that brought her to that state. It goes something like this: She is Jupiter¹s wife, and WEARS WALKMAN HEADPHONES MOST OF THE TIME BECAUSE THIS IS HOW SHE¹S ABLE TO HEAR MESSAGES FROM HIM. A BELEIVER IN ESP, Maggie tells Negroponte that she had been expecting him, and relates how ESP ENABLES HER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CHILDREN she can no longer see. ... just as you begin to believe that Maggie is totally delusional ... there are some awfully ironic twists that involve celebrities and film clips from the 60s that Negroponte included. work, Negroponte could have done better if he had persuaded an actor to play himself on the voiceover. His own voice isn¹t terribly dynamic, though, as with the other technical aspects, it doesn¹t intrude to the point where it ruins the film. -- L.A. Psychic Joan Culpepper and Heaven¹s Gate http://gen.culpepper.com/interesting/colorful/joan.htm as retrieved on Aug 24, 2004 23:19:31 GMT. The Cult in Hindsight: Joan Culpepper Recalls Group's Beginning and the Unease That Turned Into a Crusade Against It By James Rainey, Times Staff Writer Los Angeles Times Sunday March 30, 1997 Home Edition Part A, Page 24 When a mysterious man and woman known as The Two began seeking fellow travelers for a space trip to a higher world, they came to Los Angeles, to a tract home in Studio City, to
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: [ctrl] A day in the life
-Caveat Lector- Joe's coffee is full of brain-damaging fluroide and his prescription drugs are poison -- because progressive commies fought to give the state power over them -- and the state mechanisms were promptly bought off by the Illuminati fascists who wish to poison us. etc etc ad nauseum - Original Message - From: Kris Millegan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:09:39 EDT Subject: [CTRL] Fwd: [ctrl] A day in the life To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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 -- Forwarded message -- From: thew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lance [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 00:01:35 -0400 Subject: [ctrl] A day in the life -Caveat Lector- A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE REPUBLICAN Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it, too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor. Joe begins his workday. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment checks because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune. Its noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification. He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His
[CTRL] Mark Twain The Battle Hymn of the Republic 1900
-Caveat Lector- Mine eyes have seen the orgy of the launching of the sword; He is searching out the hoardings where the stranger's wealth is stored; He hath loosed his fateful lightnings, and with woe and death has scored; His lust is marching on. I have seen him in the watch-fires from a hundred circling camps, They have builded him an alter in the Eastern dews and damps; I have read his doomful mission by the dim and flaring lamps- His night is marching on. I have read his bandit gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: "As ye deal with my pretensions, so with you my wrath shall deal; Let the faithless son of freedom crush the patriot with his heel; Lo, Greed is marching on!" We legalized the strumpet and are guarding her retreat; Greed is seeking out commercial souls before his judgment seat; O, be swift, ye clods, to answer him! be jubilant my feet! Our god is marching on! In sordid shame harmonious, Greed was born in yonder ditch, With a longing in his bosom- and for others' goods an itch- As Christ died to make men holy , let men die to make us rich- Our god is marching on. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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: [ctrl] A day in the life
-Caveat Lector- A question. Is the coffee poison due to the pesticides and herbicides? Or does it naturally contain fluoride? Thanks BillK -Caveat Lector- Joe's coffee is full of brain-damaging fluroide and his prescription drugs are poison -- because "progressive" commies fought to give the state power over them -- and the state mechanisms were promptly bought off by the Illuminati fascists who wish to poison us. etc etc ad nauseum www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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] Biographer still insists Kerry a 'hero'
-Caveat Lector- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40627 Saturday, September 25, 2004 MISSION: IMPLAUSIBLESenator's campaign paid for Brinkley to issue clarification Posted: September 25, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Art Moore ©2004WorldNetDaily.com Amid ongoing criticism by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the author of a sympathetic biography of John Kerry's war years appeared to back off his book's portrayal of the senator as a hero but insisted in a subsequent statement paid for by the Kerry campaign that he was misinterpreted. In a New York Times interview published yesterday, Douglas Brinkley, author of "Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War," commented on the impact of efforts to refute the two presidential candidates' recounting of their Vietnam-era military service. "Every American now knows that there's something really screwy about George Bush and the National Guard, and they know that John Kerry was not the war hero we thought he was," Brinkley told the Times. The paper added that Brinkley made the comment "acknowledging that Mr. Kerry's opponents had succeeded in raising questions about his service." The University of New Orleans professor did not respond to WND's request to elaborate on the remark, but he issued a press release stating the Times story "leaves the false impression that I think John Kerry was not 'the war hero we thought he was.'" "Nothing could be further from the truth," Brinkley said. "He was a great American fighting man in Vietnam and deserved all of his medals. Over the past year I have vigorously defended Kerry's military record and will continue to do so." Brinkley said his comment was meant to be about the political consequences of the anti-Kerry Swift boat attacks vs. the anti-Bush National Guard ones. "I was speaking about public perceptions not my personal beliefs," he stated. But Jerome Corsi, co-author of the swiftboat vets group's New York Times No. 1 best-seller, "Unfit for Command,"thinks the initial interpretation -- that Brinkley is stepping away from the book -- is more consistent with the historian's recent, less vigrous posture. "It sounds like the Kerry campaign, in a panic, got to Brinkley and he is running for cover," Corsi said. Brinkley's statement, issued via U.S. Newswire, was paid for by Kerry-Edwards 2004, according to Editor Publisher. The Kerry campaign did not immediately respond to a request from WND, seeking to find out whether Brinkley's statement was initiated by the campaign itself. Corsi notes that it was Brinkley's book, published in January, that raised the ire of so many of the men who served with Kerry and prompted the formation of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in early April. The founder of the group, Adm. Roy Hoffman, became incensed when he read the book's negative portrayal of his character, and Kerry offered to help correct the record in a new edition. But no update was produced until the paperback version, coming out this week. As WorldNetDaily reported, Brinkley also told a veteran who says his battalion was "sullied" by a war-crimes charge in the book that publisher Harper Colllins would issue a new edition within two weeks. But that promise was made in early May. Corsi characterizes the book as poorly researched and full of glaring inconsistencies. "He did little else but take Kerry's word for events in Vietnam," Corsi said. "It is more of a campaign biography that fits the rules of hagiography rather than a serious, critical biography and is not worthy of the standards of a professor with a Ph.D." As just one example, Corsi says Brinkley states in the book that Kerry's resignation letter from Vietnam Veterans Against the War is in the controversial anti-war group's archives, but the author footnotes Kerry as the source without researching it himself. Corsi noted Kerry has refused to make public the materials used exclusively by Brinkley in the book, including his diaries and letters. Kerry had insisted in interviews that he had an agreement with Brinkley that prevented release of the diaries, but the historian says he has given up all rights, and it is up to the senator to give permission. Brinkley told the Washington Post in August, "I don't mind if John Kerry shows anybody anything. If he wants to let anybody in, that's his business. Go bug John Kerry, and leave me
[CTRL] Kerry flip on West Bank wall may cost votes, some say
-Caveat Lector- http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2004/09/24/a13a_kerry_0924.html Kerry flip on West Bank wall may cost votes, some say By S.V. Date Palm Beach Post Capital Bureau Friday, September 24, 2004 Efforts to secure part of the Democratic Party's Florida base may cost Sen. John Kerry support from a smaller, but possibly vital, constituency: Arab-Americans. In a recent interview with The Palm Beach Post, Kerry reiterated his support for the Jewish state, including its right to built a security barrier through the occupied West Bank territory and its ability to buy advanced weapons, such as "bunker-busting" bombs. Israel used such a bomb two years ago to assassinate a terrorist leader in the Gaza Strip, but the explosion also killed 15 civilians, including children. EMAIL THISPRINT THISPOPULAR PAGES Kerry also said that, although he would encourage movement toward a peace plan between Israel and the Palestinians, he would not do so "at the expense of Israel's right to defend herself." "Israel has to negotiate Israel's security, not the United States," Kerry said. Kerry's position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict appears virtually identical to that of President George W. Bush, whom Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called Israel's strongest supporter ever in the White House. Republicans, who have been working to eat into the estimated 80 percent support that Jewish voters in Florida gave to the Democratic ticket in 2000, said it is too late to be shoring up votes from those who traditionally have supported the Democratic Party. "Me-too leadership is not what the Jewish community is looking for," said state Rep. Adam Hasner, a Delray Beach Republican and Florida chairman of the Bush-Cheney campaign's Jewish Outreach Coalition. Kerry's position supporting Israel in its construction of a barrier the 480-mile project includes trenches, barbed wire and concrete walls goes against the international community, which has condemned it. The position also is a change from what Kerry told Arab-Americans at a conference last October, when he called the project a "barrier to peace." "It certainly was a bit of a slap in the face to us," said James Zogby, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Arab American Institute. "It was embarrassing." Taleb Salhab, head of the Florida Arab American Leadership Council and a Democratic activist in Orange County, conceded that Kerry's stronger pro-Israel line would make it tougher to persuade Arab-American voters to support him. Still, he said Arab-Americans interested in seeing Palestinians getting their own state and bringing peace to the region would be better off with Kerry than with Bush, who Salhab said had essentially given Sharon carte blanche to do whatever he wanted. During Bush's three years in office, "more Palestinians and Israelis have died than in any other three-year period in the last 30 years," Salhab said. There are about 500,000 Jewish voters in Florida and about 120,000 Arab-American voters. Michael Lebovitz, Jewish Outreach coordinator for the Bush-Cheney campaign, said Kerry's changing position on the issue would help Bush win more than the 19 percent of the Jewish vote he received nationally in 2000. "The president has been steadfast in his support for Israel and helping Israel remain safe and secure," Lebovitz said. "I contrast that with Sen. Kerry, who, depending on the audience he's talking to, says different things." Zogby said he believes Kerry took some bad advice when he shifted his position. He said Jewish voters tend to be fairly liberal on social issues and the vast majority of them would have supported Kerry even with his original stance. "At the end of the of the day, I don't think they gained five votes, but I think they lost many more than that," Zogby said. He said he continues to support Kerry because he believes Bush has been uncritically supportive of Israel and unengaged in the conflict there. Kerry, who spoke to The Post Wednesday after meeting with about 65 Jewish community leaders from Palm Beach and Broward counties, also said he would be better for Israel's security by fixing the "mess" in Iraq. "I think President Bush has drawn terrorists to the region who weren't there
[CTRL] Kerry Taps Controversial Elian Attorney
-Caveat Lector- Is Kerry throwing the election? http://www.newsmax.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/9/25/141047.shtml Reprinted from NewsMax.com Saturday, Sept. 25, 2004 2:07 p.m. EDT Kerry Taps Controversial Elian Attorney The Elian Gonzalez controversy was the single most critical factor giving George Bush the presidency in 2000. It may prove to be a critical factor this year as well thanks to John Kerry who just tapped a key figure in the Elian controversy for his campaign. Kerry must have forgotten that after the Elian brouhaha record numbers of Cuban Americans in Florida voted against Al Gore ceding the closely contested Florida race and the presidency to George Bush. The Miami Herald reported Saturday that "a lawyer unpopular with many Cuban Americans for his role in the Elián González case will help prepare John Kerry for the upcoming presidential debate to be held at the University of Miami. That lawyers name is Gregory Craig, a well-connected Washington attorney who represented Elian Gonzalezs father. Craig worked closely with the Cuban government and Attorney General Janet Reno to gain custody of little Elian. In the end, armed federal immigration officers stormed the home of Elians uncle and seized the boy. With the help of Reno and the Clinton White House, Craig successfully returned Elian to Castros custody. Now, Craig has been tapped by John Kerrys campaign to prepare him for his first debate with President Bush, which is scheduled for Sept. 30 in Miami. Craig will also reportedly play the role of President Bush in a series of mock debates with Kerry. Craigs new role in the Kerry campaign underscores Senator Ted Kennedys strong control over the Kerry effort. Craig has been a longstanding Kennedy operative, and the Herald noted that Craig had "served as a top foreign policy advisor to Sen. Edward Kennedy . . . Superlawyer Craig also served as Bill Clinton's lead impeachment lawyer. The Craig appointment is in keeping with NewsMax Magazines recent cover story "Teddys Back! Authored by best-selling author Richard Poe, the report reveals that Ted Kennedy is the driving force behind the Kerry campaign and that Kennedy operatives including Kerry campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill and political adviser Bob Shrum are calling the shots. But the selection of Craig will be seen as a major slap in the face to Cuban American voters a voting bloc Kerry has been trying to woo. Kerry has sought to outflank Bush by claiming Bush has been too soft on Castro and Venezuelas Marxist dictator Hugo Chavez. Just this month the Kerry campaign even opened a campaign office in Miamis Little Havana and began broadcasting radio ads in Spanish attacking Bushs Cuba policies. But Kerrys efforts in Miami may be for naught with the Craig appointment. Even the Herald noted Kerrys error, calling the Craig appointment a "misstep, signaling a campaign that is still learning its way around Florida -- and Miami's -- complicated mix of politics, six weeks before the election. Editor's note: Get NewsMax's special report on Ted Kennedy -- the SECRET power behind John Kerry get the report Click Here Now 108-108-108-108-108-108-101-101-101-101-101 www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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
