date:20031128




Make It A Crime To Be Gay - Canadian Alliance MP 
By Peter 
O'Neil Vancouver Sun11-28-3

  
  

  
OTTAWA -- Canadian 
Alliance MP Larry Spencer, his party's family issues critic, says he'd 
support any initiative to put homosexuality back in the Criminal Code of 
Canada. 
 
The U.S.-born former Baptist pastor also argues that 
the gay- rights movement's recent successes in areas like same-sex 
marriage stem from a "well-orchestrated ... conspiracy" that began in 
the 1960s. 
 
The conspiracy included the seduction and recruitment 
of young boys in playgrounds and locker rooms and the deliberate 
infiltration of North America's judiciary, schools, the religious 
community, and the entertainment industry, he said. 
 
The movement's progress in gaining public acceptance 
for homosexuality would have been slowed, however, had Pierre Elliott 
Trudeau not legalized homosexuality in 1969, according to the MP. 

 
"I do believe it was a mistake to have legalized it," 
Spencer (Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre) told The Vancouver Sun. 
 
While he said no Canadian government would likely have 
the "courage" to reverse Trudeau's decision to remove the state from the 
nation's bedrooms, Spencer would support any bill that advocated such a 
move. 
 
"If somebody brought a bill in the House to do that 
I'd certainly vote for it. Yeah, I'd like to see that [to] be the case. 
It's not that I would want spies in everybody's bedroom or anybody 
following anybody. 
 
People who have been practising homosexuals for most 
of their adult lives, like New Democratic MP Svend Robinson, could 
transform themselves into heterosexuals. 
 
"I believe he could. I believe he would struggle with 
it," said Spencer, pointing out that someone could hate long-distance 
running or weightlifting but then train themselves in that area and 
learn to love it. 
 
"So the human body can be sensitized or de-sensitized. 
The mind or the conscience that we have can be sharpened against right 
or wrong. It can be de-sensitized to think that whatever wrong that's 
around us is nothing but natural and we begin to accept that." 
 
"I just wish that there was some way that society 
could stand up and say, 'This is not right.' " 
 
But Spencer said any MP, and especially someone from 
his party, risks being labelled "a redneck or a hate-monger or 
homophobic" if they even mention such views in Parliament. 
 
Spencer's pronouncements come at a difficult time for 
his party, which is stickhandling a merger with the Progressive 
Conservative party. 
 
Delegates from both parties are due to vote on a 
ratification of the merger Dec. 6. 
 
He made his comments during an hour-long interview 
after The Vancouver Sun obtained a copy of an e-mail from Spencer to a 
Canadian citizen outlining his conspiracy theory. The Sun requested an 
interview so Spencer could elaborate on his views. 
 
"I'm being very, very free here to talk with you 
against all advice probably that I should ever talk to any reporter to 
this kind of link," he said near the end of the interview. 
 
"But you know I'm feeling very, very deprived, you 
know, of my rights in that I cannot say openly -- I dare not say it in 
the House of Commons, even -- the full extent of what I really believe 
on some of these issues." 
 
Spencer said the conspiracy began with a speech by a 
U.S. gay rights activist in the 1960s whose name he couldn't 
recall. 
 
"His quote went something like this ... 'We will 
seduce your sons in the locker rooms, in the gymnasiums, in the 
hallways, in the playgrounds, and on and on, in this land.' 
 
"It was quite a long quote stating what was going to 
happen to the young boys of North America." 
 
Spencer said one of the major steps was to encourage 
followers to enter the ministry of various churches and to infiltrate 
North America's schools and teaching colleges. 
 
"The activists that organized in those days 
(encouraged) people of their persuasion to enter into educational 
fields, and to do this with the feeling of a mission, you know, of going 
out there as pioneers in a -- quote-- human rights area, and I think 
they were successful as we've seen." 
 
He said those who sympathize with homosexuals in

ugnet_: MAKE IT A CRIME TO BE A GAY




Make It A Crime To Be Gay - Canadian Alliance MP 
By Peter 
O'Neil Vancouver Sun11-28-3

  
  

  
OTTAWA -- Canadian 
Alliance MP Larry Spencer, his party's family issues critic, says he'd 
support any initiative to put homosexuality back in the Criminal Code of 
Canada. 

The U.S.-born former Baptist pastor also argues that 
the gay- rights movement's recent successes in areas like same-sex 
marriage stem from a "well-orchestrated ... conspiracy" that began in 
the 1960s. 

The conspiracy included the seduction and recruitment 
of young boys in playgrounds and locker rooms and the deliberate 
infiltration of North America's judiciary, schools, the religious 
community, and the entertainment industry, he said. 

The movement's progress in gaining public acceptance 
for homosexuality would have been slowed, however, had Pierre Elliott 
Trudeau not legalized homosexuality in 1969, according to the MP. 


"I do believe it was a mistake to have legalized it," 
Spencer (Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre) told The Vancouver Sun. 

While he said no Canadian government would likely have 
the "courage" to reverse Trudeau's decision to remove the state from the 
nation's bedrooms, Spencer would support any bill that advocated such a 
move. 

"If somebody brought a bill in the House to do that 
I'd certainly vote for it. Yeah, I'd like to see that [to] be the case. 
It's not that I would want spies in everybody's bedroom or anybody 
following anybody. 

People who have been practising homosexuals for most 
of their adult lives, like New Democratic MP Svend Robinson, could 
transform themselves into heterosexuals. 

"I believe he could. I believe he would struggle with 
it," said Spencer, pointing out that someone could hate long-distance 
running or weightlifting but then train themselves in that area and 
learn to love it. 

"So the human body can be sensitized or de-sensitized. 
The mind or the conscience that we have can be sharpened against right 
or wrong. It can be de-sensitized to think that whatever wrong that's 
around us is nothing but natural and we begin to accept that." 

"I just wish that there was some way that society 
could stand up and say, 'This is not right.' " 

But Spencer said any MP, and especially someone from 
his party, risks being labelled "a redneck or a hate-monger or 
homophobic" if they even mention such views in Parliament. 

Spencer's pronouncements come at a difficult time for 
his party, which is stickhandling a merger with the Progressive 
Conservative party. 

Delegates from both parties are due to vote on a 
ratification of the merger Dec. 6. 

He made his comments during an hour-long interview 
after The Vancouver Sun obtained a copy of an e-mail from Spencer to a 
Canadian citizen outlining his conspiracy theory. The Sun requested an 
interview so Spencer could elaborate on his views. 

"I'm being very, very free here to talk with you 
against all advice probably that I should ever talk to any reporter to 
this kind of link," he said near the end of the interview. 

"But you know I'm feeling very, very deprived, you 
know, of my rights in that I cannot say openly -- I dare not say it in 
the House of Commons, even -- the full extent of what I really believe 
on some of these issues." 

Spencer said the conspiracy began with a speech by a 
U.S. gay rights activist in the 1960s whose name he couldn't 
recall. 

"His quote went something like this ... 'We will 
seduce your sons in the locker rooms, in the gymnasiums, in the 
hallways, in the playgrounds, and on and on, in this land.' 

"It was quite a long quote stating what was going to 
happen to the young boys of North America." 

Spencer said one of the major steps was to encourage 
followers to enter the ministry of various churches and to infiltrate 
North America's schools and teaching colleges. 

"The activists that organized in those days 
(encouraged) people of their persuasion to enter into educational 
fields, and to do this with the feeling of a mission, you know, of going 
out there as pioneers in a -- quote-- human rights area, and I think 
they were successful as we've seen." 

He said those who sympathize with homosexuals in 
today's judiciary,

Re: ugnet_: Greed that feeds terror:Madeleine Albright

Madeleine Albright also

What did she do while she was President Billy Clinton's secretary of State? Nothing... that is what!!! In Rwanda , for instance, Tutsis got massacred in the hundreds of thousands, while Madam Secretary of State, Albright was busy playing Washington Politics as usualand now it is the some woman coming up with "Mambo jambo" about I hear the middle east.

Matek

In a message dated 11/27/2003 9:39:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Greed that feeds terror

Washington must press for radical reform in Saudi Arabia if al-Qaida is to be defeated

Madeleine Albright
Thursday November 27, 2003
The Guardian

Comment

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1093915,00.html

If there is a central front in the war against terror, it is Saudi Arabia, not Iraq.

If the battle there is lost, it will be because of a joint failure on the part of the Saudi royal family and the west, especially the US. If it is to be won, the worst habits of both must change.

Saudi Arabia's direction matters because of its role as custodian of Islam's holy places, its status within the Arab world and its oil. A reformed Saudi Arabia could defeat terror at its roots. A radicalised Saudi Arabia could rock the global economy and destabilise the entire Middle East.

The latter possibility remains unlikely, but is dire enough to demand serious attention. As the terrorist bombing of a housing complex in Riyadh earlier this month reflects, the House of Saud is besieged.

Osama bin Laden has derided the regime as illegitimate, apostate, ineffectual in defending Arab interests, and a lackey of the US. These charges find echoes in the writings of western critics, whose sensationalist books portray Saudi leaders as greedy hypocrites funnelling money to terrorists while throwing wild parties that mock pretensions to piety.

Domestically, the regime is facing pressure

Re: [Ugandacom] Re: ugnet_: Greed that feeds terror:Madeleine Albright

2003-11-28 Thread NOC´LADUMAS GEORGES


You self!!
That has been thetactics all along. The strategy is a Palestina state along sides Israel. 

Conquest if Iraq is merely the opening gambit in a compounded tactic. As said, to me, the strategy appears to be the establishment of a Palestinian state. BUT, one that is militarily, totally inferior and without any threat to Israel AND in a milieu that is totally neutralized. 

In clear context, neutralization of Islamism!

Prior to democratisation / liberalisation of the Saudi Kingdom, another supply for oil was vital. Iraq offered the sacrifice. No soon was that accomplished than the Saudi Royals were made to understand that their status is no longer what it used to be: USA declared termination of their Military bases in Saudi Arabia. 

Unfortunately however, the Mesopotamian blood still flows through the veins of these heirs of Babylon Original. So, the modern well prosperous, liberal, democratic Iraq Republic that is intended to be the role- model state and lock beat to catalyse Arab liberalization has drawn over time. The formula seems simple:

Let a CONGLOMERATION of modernized, liberalized and militarily neutralized Arab Republics be ARAB.
And let the state of Palestina be P
Now let the heirs of Isarael with superior military mite be I

So what does Abdul the mathematician get?!

ARAB= P + I

That is mathematic Abudul so be warned
Best rgds
noc´l


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Subject: [Ugandacom] Re: ugnet_: Greed that feeds terror:Madeleine Albright 
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 05:34:51 EST 
 
Madeleine Albright also 
 
What did she do while she was President Billy Clinton's secretary of State? 
Nothing... that is what!!! In Rwanda , for instance, Tutsis got massacred 
in the hundreds of thousands, while Madam Secretary of State, Albright was 
busy playing Washington Politics as usualand now it is the some woman 
coming up with "Mambo jambo" about I hear the middle east. 
 
Matek 
 
 
 
In a message dated 11/27/2003 9:39:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 
 
  Greed that feeds terror 
  
  Washington must press for radical reform in Saudi Arabia if al-Qaida is to 
  be defeated 
  
  Madeleine Albright 
  Thursday November 27, 2003 
  The Guardian 
  
  Comment 
  
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1093915,00.html 
  
  If there is a central front in the war against terror, it is Saudi Arabia, 
  not Iraq. 
  
  If the battle there is lost, it will be because of a joint failure on the 
  part of the Saudi royal family and the west, especially the US. If it is to be 
  won, the worst habits of both must change. 
  
  Saudi Arabia's direction matters because of its role as custodian of Islam's 
  holy places, its status within the Arab world and its oil. A reformed Saudi 
  Arabia could defeat terror at its roots. A radicalised Saudi Arabia could 
  rock the global economy and destabilise the entire Middle East. 
  
  The latter possibility remains unlikely, but is dire enough to demand 
  serious attention. As the terrorist bombing of a housing complex in Riyadh earlier 
  this month reflects, the House of Saud is besieged. 
  
  Osama bin Laden has derided the regime as illegitimate, apostate, 
  ineffectual in defending Arab interests, and a lackey of the US. These charges find 
  echoes in the writings of western critics, whose sensationalist books portray 
  Saudi leaders as greedy hypocrites funnelling money to terrorists while 
  throwing wild parties that mock pretensions to piety. 
  
  Domestically, the regime is facing pressure 
  
  
 
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ugnet_: Who really is Soros fronting? Is it the MOSSAD?

2003-11-28 Thread Mitayo Potosi

Georgia revolt carried mark of Soros

Globe and Mail
By MARK MacKINNON
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2003

TBILISI -- It was back in February that billionaire financier George Soros 
began
laying the brickwork for the toppling of Georgian President Eduard 
Shevardnadze.

That month, funds from his Open Society Institute sent a 31-year-old Tbilisi
activist named Giga Bokeria to Serbia to meet with members of the Otpor
(Resistance) movement and learn how they used street demonstrations to 
topple
dictator Slobodan Milosevic. Then, in the summer, Mr. Soros's foundation 
paid
for a return trip to Georgia by Otpor activists, who ran three-day courses
teaching more than 1,000 students how to stage a peaceful revolution.

Last weekend, the Liberty Institute that Mr. Bokeria helped found was
instrumental in organizing the street protests that eventually forced Mr.
Shevardnadze to sign his resignation papers. Mr. Bokeria says it was in 
Belgrade
that he learned the value of seizing and holding the moral high ground, and 
how
to make use of public pressure -- tactics that proved so persuasive on the
streets of Tbilisi after this month's tainted parliamentary election.

In Tbilisi, the Otpor link is seen as just one of several instances in which 
Mr.
Soros gave the anti-Shevardnadze movement a considerable nudge: He also 
funded a
popular opposition television station that was crucial in mobilizing support 
for
this week's velvet revolution, and he reportedly gave financial support to 
a
youth group that led the street protests.

He also has a warm relationship with Mr. Shevardnadze's chief opponent, 
Mikhail
Saakashvili, a New York-educated lawyer who is expected to win the 
presidency in
an election scheduled for Jan. 4. Last year, Mr. Soros personally presented 
Mr.
Saakashvili with the foundation's Open Society Award.

It's generally accepted public opinion here that Mr. Soros is the person 
who
planned Shevardnadze's overthrow, said Zaza Gachechiladze, editor-in-chief 
of
The Georgian Messenger, an English-language daily based in the capital.

In the eyes of Mr. Soros's employees, it was all done in the name of 
building
democracy. Laura Silber, a senior policy adviser at Open Society, said the
foundation sponsored the exchange because some of the experiences are very
translatable between Georgia and Serbia. In Georgia's current political
climate, she said, it looks more charged than it is.

That's not how Mr. Shevardnadze saw it, however.

George Soros is set against the President of Georgia, he said during a 
news
conference in Tbilisi a week before his resignation -- it was at least the 
third
time during the protests that he had complained about Mr. Soros. He 
threatened
to shut down Open Society's Georgia offices, saying it was not Mr. Soros's
business to get involved in the political processes.

Mr. Bokeria, whose Liberty Institute received money from both Open Society 
and
the U.S. government-backed Eurasia Institute, says three other organizations
played key roles in Mr. Shevardnadze's downfall: Mr. Saakashvili's National
Movement party, the Rustavi-2 television station and Kmara! (Georgian for
Enough!), a youth group that declared war on Mr. Shevardnadze last April and
began a poster and graffiti campaign attacking government corruption.

All three have ties to Mr. Soros. According to Georgian press reports, Kmara
received a $500,000 (U.S.) start-up grant in April, some of which may have 
been
used during the three weeks of street protests when it bused demonstrators 
in
from the countryside and set up loudspeakers and a giant television screen 
amid
the crowds surrounding the parliament building.

Rustavi-2 got start-up money from Mr. Soros when it launched in 1995 and 
more
funding a year ago when it began the anti-Shevardnadze newspaper 24 Hours.

Observers say that Rustavi-2's role during the protests is hard to 
overestimate.
The channel began its campaign years ago when it produced a popular cartoon
called Our Yard, in which the animated president was portrayed as a crooked
double-dealer.

The government twice tried to shut down the station after its reporters 
exposed
corruption in various government ministries and Mr. Shevardnadze's inner 
circle.
And it was Rustavi-2 that showed the Georgian people how flawed the Nov. 2
parliamentary election was, broadcasting exit polls conducted by American
non-governmental organizations that contradicted the official results. 
During
the protests that followed, it was the channel everyone watched for the 
latest
news.

They were a tribune, Mr. Bokeria said. People knew where to get real
information. They were informed about the details of the election, when to 
go
into the streets, where and how.

Meanwhile, Mr. Saakashvili, the man expected to replace Mr. Shevardnadze, 
has a
relationship with Mr. Soros that dates back to late 2000, when the financier
paid the first of several visits to Tbilisi.

Mr. Soros arrived in the country then at Mr. Shevardnadze's invitation

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ugnet_: BEAUTY AND THE SCRIBE

Saturday November 29, 2003

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BEAUTY AND THE SCRIBE
OYUNGA PALA has an encounter with a gorgeous woman and gets philosophical.
It was a Sunday afternoon. She saw me and I saw her. It was love at first sight. "Hi", "Hallo" I replied and then she asked the question, "Do you carry a condom?"
I wish life could play itself out that simply but the universe has a way of occupying our time with mundane activities like paying rent and worrying over broken political pledges. But I occasionally have my Hollywood moments.
I was at a café sometime back, desperately trying to meet my story deadline, then something very dramatic happened. First I noticed a group of women sitting by the window, intently staring at something that hadn't come into my view. The waitress was smiling. I could sense someone approaching, but couldn't quite make out the figure. However, the chap sitting with his girl at the entrance of the café was shifting uncomfortably, which was quite a telling sign. She finally emerged from behind the pillar and I went, " Wow!" That's it. Three words. W-O-W. It was the kind of beauty that was just straight up disturbing. The kind that made otherwise confident men blurt out something so meaningless (it could only be Xhosa) in response to a simple "Hi".
She was looking for a place to sit. The restaurant was full and I happened to be one of the only two people hogging a table. Next thing, she was walking towards me. This is not good.
Thank goodness for the laptop, so I pretended to be furiously typing away. "Is it okay if we shared a table?" I don't like this. Why me, and why this particular table? Why not the one at the corner? I have a deadline for Christ sake. How am I supposed to concentrate with her cleavage within touching distance? "Sure, please make yourself comfortable". I felt like just staring at her, but that's considered rude, so it was back to staring at the blank screen.
Beauty cannot be ignored. We may pretend, but we have all been brought up to worship the beautiful ones. Beautiful babies get more kisses and hugs than less attractive ones. Beauty is power, but only if the bearer knows how to wield it and she was doing a pretty good job at it. I was totally on the edge, conscious of my every move, wondering how to get back on top, when she saved the day by going, "Sorry to ask, but what are you typing".
Phew! The perfect question because I have four ready scripts in response to that question. I could be the eccentric novelist, romantic poet, the celebrated columnist or the mystery writer. I settled for the mystery writer, one of my personal favourites.
"Actually, I haven't figured that out yet", I responded without looking up. That was the bait and she sank her teeth into it.
This was going to be a lot easier that I thought. Most men around a very attractive woman feel the way a fan feels around a movie star - grateful for a second of attention. Feign indifference, and you tickle their curiosity for they wonder why you can't see what everyone else does. Secondly, since women are not primarily interested in sex, in order for me to get her primarily interested in sex, I had to meet her social, economic and sometimes political expectations of an eligible male. For the male these are simply conditions totally unnatural to us, which we have been forced to adopt. She is curious, "Are you a writer of sorts?"
I could quickly blurt a verbal resume, but chances are she might never have read the column or doesn't think much of it, which would mean loss of valuable mileage. The last time I tried the Oyunga Pala line on a beauty queen, she thought I was a footballer. Assumption is the mother of all cock ups, so I settled for a simple, " No!" and continued typing.
Beautiful people are not used to rejection so she was back. "I have always wanted to be a writer..." and she left the statement hanging expecting me to jump in. She was playing right into my turf and still talking to herself, "Writing is so expressive and very enriching". I am wondering where she read that.
"What's stopping you from writing", I prodded.
"Well, I don't know. I mean, I have always wanted to write but the time..."
Why is it that women always seem to fall into two categories, beautiful and boring or overweight and interesting? And when they attempt the beauty with brains thing, they always come out looking mighty desperate. It's like they need validation for their stunning looks. It's not like beautiful model types do not have brains. It's just that they have gotten into the habit of not using them. Maybe society is to blame. We are always taught to rate beauty according to certain vital statistics that are now universally accepted. When this woman first walked into the café' she was perfect, the kind of woman, men go to war for until she opened her mouth. Now her perfection is slowly chipping away. If she had yellow teeth, she would have been relegated to

ugnet_: Why all the fuss about ebimansulo?

Why all the fuss about ebimansulo?By Sheila C. KulubyaNov 29 - Dec 5, 2003

Ebimansulo! That's what I have heard all week. It's now the talk of the town.The other day, some Muslim leaders implored the president to intervene and ban bimansulo because they allegedly corrupt people's morals.
Morals, my foot! It is amazing that people have blown such a nifty issue completely out of proportion.
And yet some of the people who are screaming murder should not be raising the moral flag at all.
What's the greater evil - some starry eyed adults watching an explicit strip tease show, or people who shroud polygamy in a religious cloak?
This issue of ebimansulo should be critically examined. On one side you have the strip teasers, who do what they do to put food on their table and on the other, you have the consumers, who creep out of their homes in the middle of the night to ogle at naked flesh.
Anyone with some basic knowledge of economics will tell you that there is no supply without demand, and vice versa. Similarly, if there were no people willing to part with their cash, chances are, there would be no strip teasers. Sex is reputed to be the world's oldest profession mostly because it appeals to our baser primitive instinct.
That's why it's not uncommon to hear of priests having affairs with nuns or fellow priests; or prisoners in Luzira who sodomise fellow prisoners.
Sociologists tell us that the whole process of courtship is nothing but an excuse for men and women to legitimately have sex.
As a student of history, I know for a fact that it's sex that launched the Trojan war, one of the greatest battles in the history of ancient Greece.
It's sex that forced a British heir to abdicate his throne in order to marry the woman of his dreams. It's because of the frolics of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba that we have Jews whose skins are as shockingly black as you and me. The list goes on and on.
History is littered with sex, sex and more sex. In a way, MUK law don Sylvia Tamale, is right. Men and women should be educated about sex right from a tender age so that they are better prepared for the pitfalls that come with the trade.
Perhaps if all of us had had this knowledge right from childhood, we would have used our sexuality differently.
The alternative is to legalise the sex trade and establish gazetted areas. Look at the Netherlands. Its red light district is one of the biggest tourist attractions, raking in billions of dollars each year.
So, rather than carting the strip teasers to jail, I suggest the police should turn its guns on the consumers. Without them, there would be no such shows.
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ugnet_: If men behave badly,it is not their fault.(Is this Projection??)

If men behave badly, it is not their faultBy Robert Adam Kasozi In BrusselsNov 29 - Dec 5, 2003

It's official. And it's all steeped in science. Fellow blokes, this is the moment of truth we've been waiting for.
The men in white lab coats have finally come round to the decision that if we don't want to talk to our wives after a long day's work, it's not really our fault.
The good one above simply hardwired us that way. Curious though. Why did it take them so long? I have always known that if blokes promptly fell asleep after getting it on with their mates, it really wasn't their fault.

They just can't help themselves, but science only exonerated us recently on that one.

If blokes can't really be bothered with foreplay, isn't it because they are made to get right to the point?
Like hop, step, remove your clothes, and bingo! (Okay sometimes we won't even wait for the clothes to come off but, hey, science is now on our side.)
We don't have to feel guilty about zapping through the TV channels like monkeys on steroids. Oh no.
And if you forgot her birthday for the third year in a row, heck it really isn't your fault.
That side of the brain for men just isn't up to it, as the scientists are finally telling us.
Men's brains and women's brains are simply two different types of cookies buttered on different sides.
Men are not behaving badly either when they keep accumulating smelly socks. Or forget to take out the trash.
According to family therapist Michael Gurian in his new book What Could He Be Thinking ?, male and female brains are wired differently long before birth. I already love this fellah.
The hormones that surge through our foetal brains lead to different developments and neural connnections.
The typical male brain, says Dr Brunilda Nazaro, devotes much more brain area to spatial skills (see the crazy taxi drivers?), mechanical design (any female brick layers out there?), manipulation of physical objects (including women) and abstraction (think of all the mad scientists. Any women out there?)
With all that stuff taking up space in our grey matter, we simply have very little area devoted to word use and word production. Or emotion.
I will confess I am one of those blokes who really get goose bumps whenever sweet heart says "we need to talk."
Normally what I actually hear when those words are said is "we need to quarrel" and I always have a strong urge to ask "Do we really? Can't we just kiss and forget it?"
Well, usually you can forget 'forgetting it.' So why don't men want to talk? "Males don't take in as much of the conversation as women do," Gurian says. "Because [men] have more cortical areas devoted to spatial mechanicals and fewer verbal centres, we are not getting as much of it, and in general men will want to end the conversation more quickly than women." Sound familiar, huh?
Well there is a good reason. The female brain, thanks to all that weird hormone called oxytocin, wants to bond at the end of the day in order to rejuvenate, the good doctor says. "She wants to talk, using all those verbal centres, and she wants to get close to him."
And gentlemen there is the problem. I just don't wanna bloody talk. I can't talk. I don't want to talk. In fact, at such times, I would rather have my perfectly good tooth pulled than talk. Period.
Just give me the remote and let me flick the channels like crazy. That's how I wind down. No, thats how blokes wind down. When they can be found at home, that is.
week1: With all that stuff taking up space in our grey matter, we simply have very little area devoted to word use and word production. Or emotion. I will confess I am one of those blokes who really get goose bumps whenever sweet heart says 'we need to talk.'
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ugnet_: Does Bush know why he is a threat to world peace?.Sure?

Does Bush know why he is a threat to world peace?By Trevor T. KaitaNov 29, 2003

When explosions rocked the Turkish capital, Istanbul two weeks ago killing more than 20 people and injuring an estimated 400 others, the message to US President George W. Bush seemed to be "The war on terror is not about to end we are everywhere".
Bush, who was on a state visit to the UK at the time, responded by telling his British hosts that terrorism must be fought up to the end.
But given the path American has taken it is unlikely that terrorism will be subdued. The US and reluctant allies seem to have taken a conflict management path rather than conflicting transformation, which implies handling the conflict from its roots through a long term strategy of both social and structural change of society. By neglecting the real disease and attending to its symptoms the US, under Bush, has lost direction.
There are underlying issues those who are willing to blow themselves up as they target Western targets. Interestingly, these terrorists as they are mainly regarded in West, are called "martyrs" of the heroic struggle to liberate the Middle East from the imperial designs of America and others.
Conflict normally arises as a result of experienced injustice. Injustice over a period of time can escalate into deep-rooted conflict which if not well handled can explode into unending violence.
America is no angel in the eyes of the world; they created most of the world's bloody dictatorial regimes that murdered millions of its citizens. Saddam Hussein is one such result of this policy but when he turned against the US it was the beginning of the end for him. The price for his removal has been enormous, an estimated one and a half million Iraqis (half of them children) died as a result of economic sanctions, strongly backed by the US, against Iraq.
The number victims of the current war are not known but many civilians have indeed lost lives in this conflict and continue to die.
The supposed weapons of mass destruction, that the Americans claimed the Saddam regime possessed, and which were used to justify this war, are nowhere in sight and the probability that they will be found continues to diminish. Does America have any other justification of occupying a sovereign state in this era?
Democracy is the answer usually given ... democracy, my foot! If the US really wanted true democracy for Iraq then it would not be imposing criminals on the Iraq people as leaders. Ahmed Chalabi, member of the US-backed Iraqi governing council, is a convicted embezzler with a 22-year jail sentence waiting for him in Jordan. The man has practically spent his entire life out of Iraq but in spite of there facts, he remains Washington's favourite for the highest office in Iraq.
Sounds democratic hmmm!
This double standards' trait of America where it deliberately undermines the very gospel it preaches in the face of a silent but observant world is a short-sighted policy.
It is true democratisation is the long-term answer to the terrorism question because you hardly find terrorists in democratic societies.
Unfortunately though, this does not seem to get down so well with some of America's foreign policy framers and as a result the country will continue fighting the old order of undemocratic regimes it helped create for a long time. The question of who wins this battle is still in a balance.
Analysts predict that terrorism may accelerate during the Iraqi occupation and situation reports from Baghdad back up this thinking.
The number of American soldiers dying is almost double those who died during the war proper. And now the killing of Italian troops who were in the country on purely humanitarian grounds in Nasiriyah rules out any possibility of another country to committing troops to the Iraq cause.
Bush must be a worried man; he knows that the more the media dramatised and successful Gulf War, his father George Bush Sr still lost the presidency. The electorate is getting impatient everyday as pictures of their children dying in a foreign land are permanently their sitting rooms.
The political opposition and the critics of this war keep reminding the voters that it should have been avoided in the first place. As this message sinks and more soldiers continue to die in Iraq demonstrations are likely to rock most American cities. Bush could be cornered, forced to withdraw US forces from Iraq and hand over Baghdad to the UN.
What are the likely results of an American withdrawal?
Hell will break loose in Baghdad, as the scramble for power amongst the Sunni, the Kurd and the Shia intensifies. The possibility of mass death is not unlikely in the aftermath.
The key questions that need answering now are?
Why is America hated around the world?
Why do many people believe Bush is a threat to world peace? (60% of the Britons interviewed for an opinion poll ahead of his visit to Britain said the American president is a threat to world peace.) Why are

ugnet_: Minister's comment a set back in Aids fight.(The etheral view)

Minister's comment a set back in Aids fightEditorialNov 29, 2003

While officiating at the inauguration of the Apostleship Churches in Kayunga Town Council recently, the minister of State for Industry, Ms Jennifer Namuyangu, was quoted saying that couples should not test for HIV/Aids nor use condoms because they violate God's plans.
Namuyangu reportedly said that promoting condom use, protected sex and Aids testing are against their beliefs because married couples should be together during times of trouble, happiness, poverty and sickness.
If Namuyangu was quoted correctly, she has certainly thrown a spanner in the works.
As a public official, it was unfortunate that she could take such a stand.Her comments are a step back in the struggle this country has taken in the fight against HIV/Aids.
While it is worthwhile to respect all religious beliefs, it is important to note that HIV/Aids has cut across beliefs and tribes.
This has forced countries like ours to use all available means to campaign and sensitise people against the scourge.
This year's theme for the HIV/Aids fight is: "Fighting Stigma and Discrimination." How will couples achieve this if they are not aware of their HIV status? When couples know their status, it helps them cope with their situations and plan better for the future.
While religious teachings talk of love and happiness in times of trouble, we should be careful not to encourage people to deliberately infect others with the disease while hiding behind noble beliefs.
HIV/Aids testing and counselling and condom use protects couples in their marriages and allows them live longer.
It is self-defeating to encourage people engage in risky behaviour. Uganda has adopted the ABC approach to the fight the disease which means Abstinence, Being Faithful or using Condoms.
The approach has also been used by many other countries. There's a lot at stake; we shouldn't fall by the wayside.
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ugnet_: Nothing wrong with being a feminist.

Nothing wrong with being a feminist Get over it: With Elizabeth Kameo Nov 28 Dec 4, 2003

A few days ago a colleague advised me against associating with a female friend. Why? Mbu because this other female associate of mine is a feminist and I have taken after her.
"Look at you, you are now a feminist, you should stop walking with Lindah," he said
Feminism can be a very difficult subject to touch. These days the term can mean many things. For most men and even some women, when they hear the word, they scoff at the images brought about by it. I hope by the end of today's column, you won't scoff at me and many others like me.
Being a feminist is not all about rubbing in the fact that I am a woman. It is about appreciating that one is a woman and taking into account all the differences women have. Of course it is all that and more and it is important and should be promoted.
Of course we cannot forget the issue about women's sexuality that comes with being a feminist.
For some it is a sensitive situation. Many women are afraid to admit they are feminists because they feel they will be labelled lesbians radicals.
Then the mother of all beliefs about feminism is that feminists hate men. Pleeaase! Being a feminist is not about hating men. If that was the case, then I might as well just call myself a man hater to do the word justice. Why hide behind another word when I am something else?
What being a feminist means is that one is proud of being female and believes that she should have the same status, whether political or social as the men. Look at Dr Sylvia Tamale, she is the perfect example of a feminist, but does she hate men? No, the sister is even happily married with two sons.
And to put your minds to rest, feminism is certainly not about pushing men down so they are below women.
Of course there are those women who are man-haters and they will always be there. Some of those women consider themselves feminists also. However they do not speak for the general population of feminists. They speak for a small group of extremists who sometimes get mistaken for the general population.
Unfortunately when you have a minority in a group that tends to be more vocal than the majority, the general opinion of the group can become blurred to those looking in from the outside. That is what has happened with feminism and is what has helped turn it into an ugly word.
I have actually heard women say they cannot be feminists because they do not hate men. This is absurd. I find it completely insulting that anyone would call me a man-hater because I am a feminist. I do not hate them or wish them pain because they have views different from mine, or because they are men.
Instead, I make sure that I stand up for my rights as a human being. I pull myself up as a woman, in the hopes to be at the same level as those around me. If at the end of this you still do not get what feminism is all about, then I am sorry.
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ugnet_: Aids orphans to double by 2010

Aids orphans to double by 2010By Kakaire A KirundaNov 29, 2003

MBALE - The number of Aids orphans in Uganda is expected to double by 2010, according to a new report.
It was released by Unicef on Wednesday. "Even in countries where HIV prevalence has stabilised or fallen, like Uganda, the number of orphans will stay high or rise as parents already infected continue to die from the disease," states the report.
Data provided by the US Bureau of Census and the World Bank indicate that there are 1.2 million Ugandan children under 18 who have lost at least one parent to Aids and that the figure is increasing by an estimated 50,000 each year.
According to Unicef's report "Africa's Orphaned Generations," even without HIV/Aids the percentage of orphans would be significantly higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in other regions of the world.
"This is critical in a region where only around one per cent of the 29 million people living with HIV/Aids have access to the life-prolonging medicines and reatments widely available in rich countries," said.
Unicef Executive Director Carol Bellamy. She added: "Offering children free basic education, giving them safe and viable options for earning a living, and providing families with financial and other assistance can mean that many orphans who might otherwise be separated from their families are able to remain with them. The future of Africa depends upon it."
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ugnet_: Saleh resigns as army MP.(Is this the other side to the Mu7/Kabila truce on the Congo Loot?)

Saleh resigns as army MPBy Frank NyakairuNov 29, 2003

PARLIAMENT - The commander of the Reserve Force Maj. Gen. Akandwanaho Salim Saleh has resigned from Parliament.
Saleh, a younger brother to President Yoweri Museveni and the UPDF representative in Parliament cites political injustice and the unending allegations against him.
He tendered in his resignation letter to the Speaker of Parliament Mr Edward Ssekandi on Thursday.
"My first reason is the unending allegations of corruption and abuse of office which have ranged from the bungled helicopter purchase, my role in the privatisation of the former UCB, to last year's allegations of plundering Congo's natural resources.
"All these allegations have come and passed but left me very perturbed," he wrote. He said he construed the allegations as political injustices whose intention could only be to embarrass his image and constituents.
"What disturbs me in the current situation about the infamous helicopter scandal is that a case can be brought before Parliament with possible criminal charges before the DPP concludes his work and establishes whether I have a case to answer," he said.
Ssenkandi regretted Saleh's resignation, saying the major general was a great legislator. "I have today received your letter of resignation as MP representing UPDF in the 7th Parliament with a lot of regret.
"Your past and present involvement in many of the problems our country Uganda has faced makes you a great legislator from many other MPs," Sekandi replied the major general yesterday.
He copied the letter to the chairman of the Army High Command and the Clerk to Parliament. He also thanked the major general for the noble service he had rendered.
"On behalf of Parliament, I wish to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for the great and noble service you have rendered while in Parliament but also in carrying out other national assignments which are very well known by most of us," he said.
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ugnet_: No Time for Told You So: Left Vision, Iraqi Quagmire, and 2004


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November 25, 2003 

No Time for "Told You So": Left Vision, Iraqi Quagmire, and 2004 

By Paul Street 





I first spoke about 9/11 one week after the September terror attacks at a big teach-in at Northern Illinois University. I concluded my talk with a series of dark observations and warnings. 

"When war machines move into gear," I said, "ordinary people die in mass, rich people get richer, politicians restrict civil liberties, and reactionaries ride high. The events of September 11,th" I added, "are a great gift to the nationalist right wing in this country. Unless checked by an aroused citizenry, they will lead to significant reductions in American civil liberties and to a massive and regressive diversion of resources from social to military and surveillance expenditure. It is the structurally encoded role of the so-called 'mainstream' (really corporate) media," I added, "to prevent us from thinking in a critical and open-minded way about what has happened and what we might to do to reduce the cycle of violence and repression" and to :whip us into a war fever." 

Nine-Eleven, I argued, meant tears for us but it was an opportunity for them - the masters of war and empire and repression and inequality. 

Pretty much everything I warned about has come to pass and the dominant media behaved pretty much as I thought. But there was nothing original or brilliant about what I said. My admonitions and analyses were pretty much what other, smarter people on the left like Noam Chomsky and John Pilger were saying and the dangers I outlined were obvious to anyone who had seriously studied American society and policy past and present. 

Not-So Clairvoyant 

And I was soon to learn how non-clairvoyant I was in a more specific way. For a retrospectively surprising amount of time, many progressives (myself included) doubted that the White House would transform America's post-9/11 "war on terrorism" into an invasion and occupation of Iraq. We didn't really think that Bush and his "posse" as he like to call them would really dare to try so bizarre (to us) a transformation, moving from "real" threats (al Qaeda and its ilk) to such an obviously (it seemed) concocted and imaginary danger abroad. 

In reality, of course, Bush's creepy, crypto-fascist Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld called for an attack on Iraq in a national security meeting with Bush present held on the morning of September 12th, 2001. "Iraq was temporarily spared," notes the British journalist John Pilger, relying on Woodward, "only because Colin Powell, the secretary of state, persuaded Bush that 'public opinion has to be prepared before a move against Iraq is possible.'" 

In June of 2002, the State Department's Director of Policy Planning Richard N. Haas, asked Condaleeza Rice "whether they should talk about the pros and cons of confronting Iraq." "Don't bother," Rice told Haas, "the president has made a decision." By then it was all about military timing and setting up public opinion with the help of a media-coordinated PR campaign to build up Iraq as a terrible threat to Americans and to world peace. 

The Uses of Iraq 

How did we get it so wrong? Here I will only note that some of the things that worked against war in socially and democratically attuned minds worked for war in the regressive, authoritarian minds of the masters. The fact that Iraq was not in fact a threat and was actually a weak and battered land with minimal capacity to defend itself much less to attack anyone else made it an especially welcome target in the view of people like Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz. Precisely because it was weak and defenseless, that country was a good stage on which to demonstrate America's newly enabled post-9/11 determination to unilaterally rule the world by sheer military force and to engage in so-called "pre-emptive" wars wherever and whenever desired, in bold defiance of international law and standard norms of decent state behavior. 

To progressives, the massive estimated financial expenses of war and occupation seemed contrary to the Bush administration's determination to slash taxes for those most able to pay - the super wealthy. But, course, the budget-busting combination of massive regressive tax cuts and dramatically escalated "defense" (imperial) spending was part of the Bush administration's well-funded neo-Reaganite project of starving the left hand (egalitarian, social and democratic) and feeding the right (aristocratic, regressive, and repressive) hand of the public sector. 

At the same time, the build up to war was consciously designed to keep a critical margin of the US electorate focused on foreign adventures rather than on their own declining retirement accounts, employment prospects, leisure time, health

ugnet_: The turkey has landed: how Bush cooked up a secret mission to give thanks to his

The turkey has landed: how Bush cooked up a secret mission to give thanks to his troops

By Phil Reeves in Baghdad and David Usborne in New York

28 November 2003

George Bush delivered a dramatic Thanksgiving Day surprise last night by flying, under cover of darkness, into Iraq on board Air Force One.

Two hundred and ten days after declaring an end to major combat, President Bush slipped into the unstable and dangerous Middle Eastern country that his troops now occupy with the lights on his plane darkened and the windows blacked out.

The extraordinary mission no American president has visited a war zone since Richard Nixon flew to Vietnam in 1969 was clearly calculated to burnish Mr Bush's image as he prepares for a re-election campaign that will be overshadowed by violence in Iraq and the rising toll of American casualties. It was spent with 600 soldiers at a turkey and sweet potato dinner in a mess hall at Baghdad airport and lasted a mere two and a half hours.

Yet it was enough to secure valuable prime-time television coverage on Thanksgiving Day, featuring pictures of a determined president rallying his troops after a grim month in which 70 lives have been lost. The operation was surrounded in extraordinary secrecy, and was known beforehand only to a handful of the President's closest aides. The White House communications director, Dan Bartlett, told a group of hand-picked reporters invited on the flight and sworn to secrecy that "if this breaks while we are in the air, we're turning around".

Even Laura Bush, the President's wife, was reportedly kept out of the loop until the last moment. In a deft stroke of misinformation, the White House had said that President Bush would be eating Thanksgiving Day dinner at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, and even released details of the menu.

His parents, George and Barbara Bush, travelled there expecting to see him. Instead, unknown even to secret service agents guarding his Texas ranch, Mr Bush flew back to Washington DC from Texas on Wednesday evening to begin the clandestine flight to Baghdad.

It was a moment of extraordinary political theatre as Paul Bremer, the top US official in Iraq, told troops he had a Thanksgiving message from the President and that the most "senior" US official among them should be the one to read it. Turning toward the stage backdrop, Bremer asked: "Is there anyone back there who's more senior than us?"

Enter Mr Bush. "I was just looking for a warm meal somewhere thanks for inviting me to dinner," the President, wearing a coy smile and with tears in his eyes, told the soldiers.

In spectacular vote-winning form, he posed with a platter of roast turkey. And for 10 minutes he dished out mashed potatoes and corn to the the 1st Armoured Division and the 82nd Airborne Division.

News of the visit only broke in the US after Air Force One had taken off from Baghdad and was on its way home. And no sooner was the visit made public in Baghdad, than the city was shaken by the sounds of conflict repeated loud explosions, gunfire and ambulance sirens.

The administration will be hoping that the video images will help erase memories of a not dissimilar staged event on 1 May in which the President landed on an American aircraft carrier to announce that the war in Iraq had been won. As the violence has worsened, that day has come to haunt the White House. This time, wearing a US army jacket, he told the troops that America "stands solidly" behind them, and to whoops of approval that the US military was doing a "fantastic job".

As well as potatoes, he also served them, and the television cameras, with a portion of his familiar "war on terror" rhetoric. "You are defeating the terrorists here in Iraq," he said, "so we don't have to face them in our own country."

Not that the mere fact of the President having spent two and a half hours in Iraq is likely to do anything to change events in Iraq or curb the violence there. Nearly 300 US services personnel have died in hostile action, 183 of them since 1 May when Mr Bush declared an end to major combat.

More than 60 US troops were killed by hostile fire in November, more than any other month since the end of major combat. But it was a bold and meticulously orchestrated gesture that will have no political downside. Mr Bush will also have artfully upstaged Senator Hillary Clinton who is due to visit the Iraq capital this morning. "You are defending the American people from danger and we are grateful," he told the soldiers.

The visit came during a lull in the violence, which may have been linked to the Muslim Eid-al-Fitr holiday. Some Iraqis were unimpressed. "To hell with Bush," said Mohammed al-Jubouri. "He is another Mongol in a line of invaders who have destroyed Iraq."

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ugnet_: BUSH OKS NEW NUKE

BUSH OKS NEW NUKE

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November 25, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a huge new defense bill that includes millions of dollars for a small nuclear bomb designed to destroy deep, hardened underground bunkers. Among the many items tucked away in the $401 billion defense authorization act was a $15 million three-year research project by the Energy and Defense departments to create the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator.

The legislation repeals a decade-old ban on research into low-yield nuclear weapons.

The controversial new weapon would consist of a hard-nosed rocket able to penetrate 20 feet into the earth with a small-scale nuclear bomb, modified from an existing nuke, that would go off on a delay - so that it would explode at the deepest point.

Critics say that such a bomb would cause massive collateral damage if it were ever used, and that just introducing it might mean an end to the ban on underground nuclear testing.

They also say the whole idea of building small-scale nukes - the RNEP would be 5 kilotons - would blur the distinction between conventional and nuclear war.

But defense officials said they're seeing a trend toward deeper and harder bunkers being built by enemy forces, as well as caves. The underground shelters are used for command and control operations, and even stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.

Adm. James Ellis, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, testified that the deepest bunkers cannot be destroyed by the biggest conventional bombs, even the 4,000-pound "bunker-buster" that recently smashed a 60-foot-deep hideout in Baghdad.

"Our enemies seek to inflict mass casualties, without fielding mass armies. They hide in the shadows, and they're often hard to strike," Bush said at yesterday's bill-signing ceremony.

"The terrorists are cunning and ruthless and dangerous, as the world saw on September the 11th, 2001, and again in Istanbul last week.

"Yet these killers are now facing the United States of America, and a great coalition of responsible nations, and this threat to civilization will be defeated.

"Right now, America's armed forces are the best trained, best equipped and best prepared in the world. And this administration will keep it that way," Bush said.

"The bill I sign today authorizes $400 billion over the next fiscal year to prepare our military for all that lies ahead."

ugnet_: Mugabe Threatens to Quit Commonwealth

Mugabe Threatens to Quit Commonwealth

By ANGUS SHAW
.c The Associated Press

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - President Robert Mugabe on Friday threatened to pull Zimbabwe out of the Commonwealth after the 54-nation grouping of Britain and its former territories barred him from an upcoming summit in Nigeria.

Speaking at the funeral of a ruling party activist, Mugabe blamed his exclusion on states opposed to his government's seizure of thousands of white-owned farms for redistribution to landless blacks. The often-violent seizures have crippled the country's agriculture-based economy.

The government has also been cracking down on political dissent, arresting opposition leaders and shutting down the country's only independent daily newspaper.

``If our sovereignty is to be real, then we will say goodbye'' to the Commonwealth, Mugabe said in remarks broadcast on state television. ``Perhaps the time has come to say so.''

Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth's decision-making councils following allegations of intimidation and vote-rigging in Mugabe's disputed 2002 re-election.

Mugabe's insistence last week that he expected to attend the Dec. 5-8 meeting of heads of state in Abuja heightened the threat of a boycott by Queen Elizabeth II and the prime ministers of Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Pacific nations.

On Tuesday, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said Mugabe was welcome to visit his country, but not to attend the summit.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon and Australian Prime Minister John Howard have repeatedly criticized Mugabe for human rights violations in Zimbabwe.

Mugabe lashed out at Howard on Friday, calling him ``genetically modified because of the criminal ancestry he derives from'' - a reference to Australia's history as a penal colony.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's office said Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth councils would be dicussed at the summit in Nigeria.

Zimbabwe faces its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1980, with inflation running at 526 percent and acute shortages of good, gasoline, medicines and other essential goods.

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ugnet_: Strife in Africa is Blamed for Arms Increase

Tell me something I did not Know!!!.. that NRM Bastard,Yoweri Museveni, has made sure the gun is "Demystified" And now a good many people, from Ituri to Kabaramido, to Kasese to Gulu to Kitgum to . to Kalisizo, do carry the AK 47 and know how to use it.

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Strife in Africa is Blamed for Arms Increase

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November 28, 2003
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Instability in the Great Lakes region is to blame for the increase of small arms in East Africa.

The United Nations is urging governments to curb their increase, saying half of the 500 million small arms estimated to be in circulation in the world were in Africa.

The United Nations Development Programme deputy resident representative, Mr Isaac Chivore, said China, Russia, and the US were the biggest producers of small arms in the world.

He told a parliamentary conference on small arms reduction that poor controls in most countries had fuelled the proliferation and misuse of the weapons.

The consequences of small arms trade were heavily felt in the Great Lakes, where more than eight million deaths had resulted from the arms since 1994.

"Governments from the Great Lakes region must move swiftly to curb proliferation of firearms for their countries to realise economic growth," Mr Chivore said, and added that illegal firearms trafficking in the region had contributed to underdevelopment through intimidation, threats and insecurity.

The conference, at the Whitesands Hotel Mombasa, is aimed at sensitising MPs on the threat of illicit arms to legitimate authorities. It is being attended by MPs and experts from eight African and five European countries.

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr Francis ole Kaparo, blamed poverty in Africa on unfair trade practices favouring the developed world.

Unless international trade practices were improved to accommodate Third World interests, the fight against terrorism would fail.

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He said: "Courtesy of modern technology, a criminal can today carry his dismantled weapon in a separate luggage, cross a national border with ease, assemble his lethal cargo in a second country, hit a target and stealthily escape into a third country unnoticed and carry on with his activities as a law-abiding foreign citizen."

The biggest challenge facing Africa was that even if it succeeded in controlling proliferation of the arms and allowed mass unemployment of young educated people, it would never be conflict-free.

ugnet_: Lango MPs Ask for Guns

The northern region army spokesman, Lt. Paddy Ankunda, said President Museveni would soon give guns to the Amuka Group.

"President Museveni promised to provide whatever it takes, including guns, to see that the Amukas do a good job just like the Arrow Boys have done [in Teso]," Ankunda told The Monitor in an interview.

Mr. Koffi Annan... there in lies your problem... the NRM Bastard , yoweri Kaguta Museveni , is at it again.

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Lango MPs Ask for Guns

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November 28, 2003
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Frank Nyakairu
Kampala

Lango MPs want more guns for the militia fighting rebels in Lira and Apac districts.

The 2,000-strong Amuka Group, which is fighting rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army in Lango, has only 800 rifles.

"Imagine 2,000 people being given only 800 guns to fight! We appeal to government to give us more guns to counter the bigger threat the rebels pose now," the vice chairman of the Lango Parliamentary Group, Mr Omara Atubo, said yesterday by phone.

"As a result, many [fighters] have abandoned [the war] because they will definitely not fight with their bare hands," Atubo said.

The northern region army spokesman, Lt. Paddy Ankunda, said President Museveni would soon give guns to the Amuka Group.

The Arrow Group is another pro-government militia force fighting rebels in Teso region.

The MPs' appeal comes days after the suspected rebels dropped a letter threatening mass killings in Lango region.

The Missionary News Agency quotes the Minister of State for Youth and Children's Affairs, Mr Okot Ogong, as saying that the rebel threat might be real.

The army also said it was ready to counter the rebel scare.

Meanwhile, the army said yesterday that it had rescued 40 children formerly abducted by the LRA.

"Units from the 503 Brigade rescued them yesterday [Wednesday] in areas of Aswa ranch and Palabek," Ankunda said on Thursday.

The LRA has fought the Movement government since 1988.

ugnet_: '1,000 Nigerians Die Daily of HIV/AIDS'



'1,000 Nigerians Die Daily of HIV/AIDS'From Josephine Lohor in Abuja
This Day
Friday, November 28, 2003
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The National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA) said it has been estalblished that about 1,000 Nigerians die on a daily basis from the HIV/AIDS scourge. Chairman NACA, Professor Bamidele Osotimehin, who disclosed this yesterday also said that Nigeria has close to 4 million persons, who are living with HIV, even as he said that those who have actually come out to accept that they have the virus are less than 100,000.This situation, which he said is interprerted to mean that alarge number of people do not even know that they are HIV positive therefore, has serious implications for public health given the fact that the transmission is mostly through sex. Osotimehin, however, said there is a great challenge because " awareness on the HIV/AIDS is fairly limited.We now have figures that suggest about 60 percent of Nigerians have heard about HIV and most of these would be through radio and television,.Disclosing that AIDS is more prevalent between the ages of 15 and 35 and
 there is a little preponderance of female than men, the NACA Chairman said that the second most prevalent occupational group after sex workers is the long distance truck drivers who are being taken care of through information commodities and counselling at the 1,000 established junction towns, in Nigeria. Download 
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Re: ugnet_: Why all the fuss about ebimansulo?

2003-11-28 Thread Y Yaobang

Owor Kipenji,
Dictator Museveni: give Ugandans a break - an avenue to let off some steam! I dont see anything wrong with watching raw pussy dispay in an adult pub. If dictator Museveni does not like it, piss on him. Even dictator Amin (RIP) did not ban it! 
This is too much!
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Why all the fuss about ebimansulo? 
By Sheila C. Kulubya 
Nov 29 - Dec 5, 2003 

Ebimansulo! That's what I have heard all week. It's now the talk of the town. 
The other day, some Muslim leaders implored the president to intervene and ban bimansulo because they allegedly corrupt people's morals. 

Morals, my foot! It is amazing that people have blown such a nifty issue completely out of proportion. 

And yet some of the people who are screaming murder should not be raising the moral flag at all. 

What's the greater evil - some starry eyed adults watching an explicit strip tease show, or people who shroud polygamy in a religious cloak? 

This issue of ebimansulo should be critically examined. On one side you have the strip teasers, who do what they do to put food on their table and on the other, you have the consumers, who creep out of their homes in the middle of the night to ogle at naked flesh. 

Anyone with some basic knowledge of economics will tell you that there is no supply without demand, and vice versa. Similarly, if there were no people willing to part with their cash, chances are, there would be no strip teasers. 
Sex is reputed to be the world's oldest profession mostly because it appeals to our baser primitive instinct. 

That's why it's not uncommon to hear of priests having affairs with nuns or fellow priests; or prisoners in Luzira who sodomise fellow prisoners. 

Sociologists tell us that the whole process of courtship is nothing but an excuse for men and women to legitimately have sex. 

As a student of history, I know for a fact that it's sex that launched the Trojan war, one of the greatest battles in the history of ancient Greece. 

It's sex that forced a British heir to abdicate his throne in order to marry the woman of his dreams. It's because of the frolics of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba that we have Jews whose skins are as shockingly black as you and me. The list goes on and on. 

History is littered with sex, sex and more sex. In a way, MUK law don Sylvia Tamale, is right. Men and women should be educated about sex right from a tender age so that they are better prepared for the pitfalls that come with the trade. 

Perhaps if all of us had had this knowledge right from childhood, we would have used our sexuality differently. 

The alternative is to legalise the sex trade and establish gazetted areas. 
Look at the Netherlands. Its red light district is one of the biggest tourist attractions, raking in billions of dollars each year. 

So, rather than carting the strip teasers to jail, I suggest the police should turn its guns on the consumers. Without them, there would be no such shows. 

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The History of the Development of AIDS Chapter 
Excerpt from State Origin: The Evidence of the Laboratory Birth of AIDS by 
Boyd E. Graves, J.D. The true history of the origin of AIDS can 
be traced throughout the 20th Century and back to 1878. On April 29 of that year 
the United States passed a FEDERAL QUARANTINE ACT.The United States 
began a significant effort to investigate causes of epidemic diseases. In 
1887, the effort was enhanced with the mandate of the U.S. LABORATORY OF 
HYGIENE. This lab was run by Dr. Joseph J. Kinyoun, a deep rooted-racist, who 
served the eugenics movement with dedication.Two years later, 1889, we 
were able to identify mycoplasmas, a transmissible agent, that is now found at 
the heart of human diseases, including (AIDS) HIV. In 1893, we 
strengthened the Federal Quarantine Act and suddenly there was an explosion of 
polio.In 1898, we knew we could use mycoplasma to cause epidemics, 
because we were able to do so in cattle, and we saw it in tobacco 
plants.In 1899, the U.S. Congress began investigating leprosy in the 
United States.In 1902, We organized a Station for Experimental 
Evolution and we were able to identify diseases of an ethnic nature.In 
1904, we used mycoplasma to cause an epidemic in horses.In 1910, we used 
mycoplasma to cause an epidemic in fowl/birds.In 1917, we formed the 
Federation of the American Society for Experimental Biology (FASEB).In 
1918, the influenza virus killed millions of unsuspecting. It was a flu virus 
modified with a bird mycoplasma for which human primates had no acquired 
immunity.In 1921, lead eugenics philosopher, Betrand Russell, publicly 
supported the necessity for organized plagues against the Black 
population.In 1931, we secretly tested African Americans and we tested 
AIDS in sheep.In 1935, we learned we could crystallize the tobacco 
mycoplasma, and it would remain infectious.In 1943, we officially began 
our bio-warfare program. Shortly thereafter, we were finding our way to New 
Guinea to study mycoplasma in humans.In 1945, we witnessed the greatest 
influx of foreign scientists in history into the U.S. biological program. 
Operation Paperclip will live in infamy as one of the darkest programs of a 
twisted parallel government fixated on genocide.In 1946, the United 
States Navy hired Dr. Earl Traub, a notorious racist biologist.A May 
appropriations hearing confirms the existence of a secret biological 
weapon.In 1948, we know that the United States confirmed the endorsement 
of devising a scheme in which to address the issue of overpopulation in 
certain racial groups. State Departments George McKennans memo will forever 
illuminate the eugenics mendacity necessary for genocide of millions of innocent 
people.In 1949, Dr. Bjorn Sigurdsson isolates the VISNA virus. Visna is 
man made and shares some unique DNA with HIV. See, Proceedings of the United 
States, NAS, Vol. 92, pp. 3283 - 7, (April 11, 1995).In 1951, we now 
know our government conducted its first virus attack on African Americans. 
Crates in Pennsylvania were tainted to see how many Negro crate handlers in 
Virginia would acquire the placebo virus.. They were also experimentally 
infecting sheep and goats. According to author Eva Snead, they also held their 
first world conference on an AIDS-like virus.In 1954, Dr. Bjorn 
Sigurdsson publishes his first paper on Visna virus and establishes himself as 
the Grandfather of the AIDS virus. He will encounter competition from Dr. 
Carlton Gajdusek.In 1955, they were able to artificially assemble the 
tobacco mosaic virus. Mycoplasmas will forever be at the heart of the U.S. 
biological warfare programIn 1957, future U.S. president, Rep Gerald 
Ford and others gave the U.S. Pentagon permission to aggressively deploy 
offensive biological agents. There are no recorded cases of AIDS prior to the 
1957 creation of Special Operation-X. (The SOX) program served as the 
immediate prototype program for the Special Virus program to begin in 
1962.By 1960, Nikita Kruschev had been let in on the biological weapon. 
His 1960 statement will long reflect the arrogance of the secret blend of 
communism and democracy. The two countries would go to a November 1972 agreement 
to cull the Black Population.In 1961, scientist Haldor Thomar publishes 
that viruses cause cancer. In 1995, he and Carlton Gajdusek informed the 
National Academy of Sciences that the study of visna in sheep would be the best 
test for candidate anti-HIV drugs.In 1962, under the cover of cancer 
research, the United States charts a path to commit premeditated murder, the 
Special Virus program begins on February 12th. Dr. Len Hayflick sets up a U.S. 
mycoplasma laboratory at Stanford University. Many believe the Special Virus 
program began in November 1961 with a Phizer contract.Beginning in 1963 
and for every year thereafter, the Special Virus program conducted annual 
progress reviews at Hershey Medical

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