-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave SEATTLE WRAP BRETT SMITH, 10 YEAR VETERAN OF THE SEATTLE POLICE QUOTED IN SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: We had some follow-up meetings and an officer whose brother works for King County said there was FBI and Secret Service in their riot training sessions and they were told to fully anticipate that five to six officers would be lost during the protests, either seriously injured or killed. SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER A handful of officers took matters into their own hands, getting permission to empty the munitions stores of police departments in Auburn, Renton and Tukwila, the King County Jail and the Department of Corrections. In addition, some drove around in a sport-utility vehicle to buy chemical agents from a local law enforcement supply business. Meanwhile, a police captain flew to Casper, Wyo., to pick up a stock of gas from federal agents." BRASSCHECK http://www.brasscheck.com Arianna HUFFINGTON, SALON: The most significant aspect of the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle is that they embodied the widespread fears and anxieties of millions of Americans who do not share the prevailing assumption that these are the best of times, and who in effect represent America's unrecognized third party, made up of those so disgusted with the system that they have even given up on voting . . . The emerging populist alliance cuts through both parties and across generations. It traces its roots not to the street protests of the '60s but to the progressive reform movement of the '90s -- the 1890s. "The humblest citizen in all the land," said populist William Jennings Bryan in his 1896 "Cross of Gold" speech, "when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error." In "The Age of Reform," Richard Hofstadter analyzes Robert LaFollette's watershed address in the U.S. Senate in 1908: "He attempted to prove, with careful documentation from the interlocking directorates of American corporations, that fewer than one hundred men, acting in concert, controlled the great business interests of the country. 'Does anyone doubt,' he asked, 'the community of interest that binds these men together?'" SALON http://www.salon.com ECONOMIST: As politicians pore over the disarray in Seattle, they might look to citizen groups for advice. The non-governmental organizations that descended on Seattle were a model of everything the trade negotiators were not. They were well organized. They built unusual coalitions (environmentalists and labor groups, for instance, bridged old gulfs to jeer the WTO together). They had a clear agenda to derail the talks. And they were masterly users of the media. The battle of Seattle is only the latest and most visible in a string of recent NGO victories . . . The NGO agenda is not confined to economic issues. One of the biggest successes of the 1990s was the campaign to outlaw landmines, where hundreds of NGOs, in concert with the Canadian government, pushed through a ban in a year. Nor is it confined to government agendas. Nike has been targeted for poor labor conditions in its overseas factories, Nestlé for the sale of powdered baby milk in poor countries, Monsanto for genetically modified food. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== 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
