[CTRL] This Guerrilla War is Likely to Last A Generation
-Caveat Lector- http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=970 This Guerrilla War is Likely to Last A Generation Craig B Hulet Via Information Clearinghouse "We have a soldier wounded or killed every other day" in the Baghdad area. "Is it slowing us down? Yes, because some soldiers who would otherwise be doing reconstruction, we have to use for security. Every attack means we're going to have to be here a little longer." - Maj. Scott Slaten 07/29/03: In a most audacious attack on American troops, an Iraqi fired a rocket-propelled grenade from the sunroof of a Chevrolet car at a passing patrol yesterday, incinerating one of the army vehicles and seriously wounding four of those travelling in the convoy. (TimesOnline, 7/2/03) Donald Rumsfeld, the US Defense Secretary, insisted "that Iraq was not a new Vietnam," there are no jungles there! 7/2/03 Its all over the press now. America is facing an intensifying urban guerrilla war in both Afghanistan and Iraq. That it is coordinated and has leadership and organization is being debated so as to not admit the obvious: That this was the strategy of both the Taliban and the Republican Guard of Iraq. They number in the tens of thousands. Craig B Hulet has argued in numerous interviews and several white papers and in his latest book the following: to defeat an entrenched enemy that will fight a guerrilla war, the attacking force must have at least a ten to one ratio in favor of the attackers. That we are hopelessly outnumbered in both countries means quite literally we cannot defeat these guerrilla forces. We will lose. We will have to increase the number of troops to even stay stationed in these countries. Precisely as the war in Vietnam escalated from some 50 "Advisors" under president Kennedy to an incremental increase every year to 1.3 million American troops fighting Ho Chi Minhs forces, we will have to do the same; or we can leave now. The press is today filling-up with reports that the Pentagon is puzzled by these events particularly in Iraq: 07/01/03: BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops in Iraq are getting ambushed everywhere and every day - while guarding gas stations, investigating car thefts or on their way to make phone calls home. Each new attack is raising questions about whether the violence is a last gasp from Saddam Hussein loyalists or signs of a spreading revolt. The Pentagon is puzzling over how many resisters there are, how well they are organized and how they can be stopped. Private risk analysts are warning of an even chance of Iraq descending into open revolt. And although the term is rarely used at the Pentagon, from every description by military officials, what U.S. troops face on the ground in Iraq has all the markings of a guerrilla war - albeit one in which there are multiple opposition groups rather than a single movement. (Source: "Iraqi attacks could signal wide revolt" The Associated Press and Los Angeles Times, 7/2/03) Puzzling over this? This was planned by Saddam Hussein and his Republican Guard just as it was planned by Mullah Omar Mohammad of the Taliban. They melted into the population in the face of the American ground forces rather than (stupidly) stand and fight the most formidable conventional military forces on earth. As they would put it on one of TVs insufferable SitComs, "Its a no-brainer." So rather than admit that they knew this was going to come to pass, as this analyst predicted over and over since September 20, 2001 (during my first national radio interview), they are arguing over who it is they might be fighting, who the opposition might be, who the bad guys are? The media puts it all rather blandly as well, because they were the cheerleaders stacking the deck in favor of war. Here is how one reporter reported it: Certainly, the statistics paint a worrisome picture. Since President Bush declared an end to the major combat phase of the war on May 1, 62 U.S. troops have been killed, according to a count based on Defense Department press releases. Of those, 22 died as a result of enemy attacks, 36 in accidents and four in incidents whose cause is under investigationMore revealing, however, is that the number of deaths from hostile fire is on the rise. Six Americans were killed in May in enemy attacks, while 16 had died in June as of midnight Saturday. Until the past few days, U.S. military officials had insisted that the attacks were merely a product of the final rooting out of the remnants of Saddams regime. Now they are beginning to float the idea that U.S. forces face several different opposition forces - and military experts outside the government concur with that assessment. (Ibid.) In that same article they refer to the guerrillas as a "spectrum of resistance," to sublimate the reality that it is clearly organized and deliberate. "There are disgruntled Iraqis, upset about house searches or whatever, who might throw rocks or the occasional grenade," said retired Maj. Gen.. "Disgruntled" over
[CTRL] Israel Passes New Racist Apartheid Marriage Laws
-Caveat Lector- New Law for Israeli-Palestinian Couples Thursday July 31, 2003 4:39 PM By GAVIN RABINOWITZ Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's parliament on Thursday passed a new law that would force Palestinians who marry Israelis to live separate lives or move out of Israel despite charges from human rights groups and Israeli Arabs that the law is racist. The law would prevent Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip who marry Israeli Arabs from obtaining residency permits in Israel. The vote was 53 in favor, 25 against and one abstention, a spokeswoman for the parliament said. ``We see this law as the implementation of the transfer policy by the state of Israel,'' said Jafar Savah from Mossawa, an advocacy center for Israeli Arabs, referring to a plan by far right groups to transfer Israeli Arabs to other Arab countries. Savah said the law was an attempt to legalize unofficial policy that has been in effect since September 2000 when violence broke out and warned that the law would damage relations between Israel and its Arab minority. Both local and international human rights groups have condemned the law as racist. ``This is a racist law that decides who can live here according to racist criteria,'' said Yael Stein from the Israeli rights group B'tselem. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have sent letters to the parliament protesting the law and urging lawmakers not to pass it, a statement from Human Rights Watch said. Israel's government contends that such a law is necessary for security reasons, citing instances where Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza have exploited their residency permits, granting them freedom of movement in Israel, to carry out terror attacks. ``This law comes to address a security issue,'' Cabinet Minister Gideon Ezra told Israel Radio. ``Since September 2000 we have seen a significant connection, in terror attacks, between Arabs from the West Bank and Gaza and Israeli Arabs,'' Ezra said. Israel and the Palestinians have been locked in a bloody conflict for 33 months, though a cease-fire declared by the Palestinians on June 29 has significantly reduced violence. The law, which passed its first reading on June 18, would force newly married couples to choose between living in the Palestinian areas or living separately and would be in effect for a year when the parliament must renew it. It is not uncommon for members of Israel's 1 million strong Arab community to marry residents of the Palestinian areas, and this was one of the only ways a Palestinian could be eligible for an Israeli residency permit. Ezra told the radio that since 1993 over 100,000 Palestinians have obtained Israeli permits in this manner. ``It has grown out of control,'' he said. Stein from B'tselem said there have been only 20 cases from these 100,000 people who have been involved in terror. ``I am not taking these attacks lightly but this is an extreme solution to a marginal phenomenon,'' Stein said. Ezra turned aside charges that the law was racist, saying ``I agree that anyone who kills Jews just because they are Jewish is a racist.'' Rights groups accused Israel of trying to rush the bill through parliament before it goes into recess on August 3. 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 Law for Israeli-Palestinian Couples
-Caveat Lector- http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2974045,00.html New Law for Israeli-Palestinian Couples Thursday July 31, 2003 4:39 PM By GAVIN RABINOWITZ Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's parliament on Thursday passed a new law that would force Palestinians who marry Israelis to live separate lives or move out of Israel despite charges from human rights groups and Israeli Arabs that the law is racist. The law would prevent Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip who marry Israeli Arabs from obtaining residency permits in Israel. The vote was 53 in favor, 25 against and one abstention, a spokeswoman for the parliament said. ``We see this law as the implementation of the transfer policy by the state of Israel,'' said Jafar Savah from Mossawa, an advocacy center for Israeli Arabs, referring to a plan by far right groups to transfer Israeli Arabs to other Arab countries. Savah said the law was an attempt to legalize unofficial policy that has been in effect since September 2000 when violence broke out and warned that the law would damage relations between Israel and its Arab minority. Both local and international human rights groups have condemned the law as racist. ``This is a racist law that decides who can live here according to racist criteria,'' said Yael Stein from the Israeli rights group B'tselem. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have sent letters to the parliament protesting the law and urging lawmakers not to pass it, a statement from Human Rights Watch said. Israel's government contends that such a law is necessary for security reasons, citing instances where Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza have exploited their residency permits, granting them freedom of movement in Israel, to carry out terror attacks. ``This law comes to address a security issue,'' Cabinet Minister Gideon Ezra told Israel Radio. ``Since September 2000 we have seen a significant connection, in terror attacks, between Arabs from the West Bank and Gaza and Israeli Arabs,'' Ezra said. Israel and the Palestinians have been locked in a bloody conflict for 33 months, though a cease-fire declared by the Palestinians on June 29 has significantly reduced violence. The law, which passed its first reading on June 18, would force newly married couples to choose between living in the Palestinian areas or living separately and would be in effect for a year when the parliament must renew it. It is not uncommon for members of Israel's 1 million strong Arab community to marry residents of the Palestinian areas, and this was one of the only ways a Palestinian could be eligible for an Israeli residency permit. Ezra told the radio that since 1993 over 100,000 Palestinians have obtained Israeli permits in this manner. ``It has grown out of control,'' he said. Stein from B'tselem said there have been only 20 cases from these 100,000 people who have been involved in terror. ``I am not taking these attacks lightly but this is an extreme solution to a marginal phenomenon,'' Stein said. Ezra turned aside charges that the law was racist, saying ``I agree that anyone who kills Jews just because they are Jewish is a racist.'' Rights groups accused Israel of trying to rush the bill through parliament before it goes into recess on August 3. 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] [JBirch] Shocking lack of diversity (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:04:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Marv Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JBirch] Shocking lack of diversity We have a shoccking lack of diversity in the United States that is quite widespread. It shows up in newsrooms, in Congress, and among judges and lawyers -- to name just a few places. Illiterates are massively unrepresented. About the only place where illiterates are over represented is that we have 5 functional illiterates on the Supreme Court. They have clearly demonstrated their inability to read and understand the phrase equal protection of the law in the 14th amendment to the US Constitution. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Free shipping on all inkjet cartridge refill kit orders to US Canada. Low prices up to 80% off. We have your brand: HP, Epson, Lexmark more. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5510 http://us.click.yahoo.com/GHXcIA/n.WGAA/ySSFAA/A0NplB/TM -~- The opinions expressed on this forum are those of the authors of the articles posted. The John Birch Society has no responsibility for anything that is posted on this forum. The OFFICIAL John Birch Society web page is a www.jbs.org Look alike clone pages, run by others, violate JBS policy. Visit The New American at www.thenewamerican.com The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke 1729-1797 Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who still have swords. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get FAST unlimited reliable uncensored internet service for $9.95 per month No Setup Fees. No Contracts. No limits as to the number of emails you can send at a time No limit on email groups. 5 email accounts at no additional cost. Fastest Dialup Connection available. Click here now http://www.getmysmartisp.net Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 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
Re: [CTRL] [JBirch] Shocking lack of diversity (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 7/31/2003 6:24:14 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all." When I was a kid in the early 70's we used to exclude the words "under god" in the Pledge and I've got to say, I like that far better. Kind of like adding the "in god we trust" on our money in the 1950's I guess. We as a nation seemed to do just fine before adding those words...better in many regards actually. Oh well...just my $0.02. "I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Bill. 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] URI
Title: Message -Caveat Lector- Lee Penn has sharedhis articleon the URI, and I felt it was important enough to share with as many people as possible. New Age: One world government. One world religion. Pagan thinking infiltrated the religious communities in Nazi Germany. It is doing the same nowon a worldwide basis. Dorothy Please forward this as widely as possible (or, you may post it on your web site), without making any changes to the Christian Challenge story in this e-mail. It provides a brief overview of the United Religions Initiative, and shows widespread support for this radical interfaith movement from Anglican and Episcopalian bishops.Lee Penn DON'T LOOK NOW, BUT... Another Liberal Movement Slowly But Surely Gains Supporters Among Episcopal, Other Anglican Bishops Report/Analysis By Lee Penn The Christian Challenge (Washington, DC) July 30, 2003 * "I specifically invoked Hekate and Hermes by name, and Bishop Swing was right there raising his arms in invocation with the rest of the Circle! We have, indeed, come a long way." * SUPPORT FOR IT has been indicated by Anglican bishops like Michael Ingham of Vancouver, Desmond Tutu of South Africa, Frederick Borsch (formerly of Los Angeles), Episcopal Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, and the head of his church's ecumenical office, Christopher Epting - among others. Do we speak of same-sex unions, or gay bishops-elect, both issues at the center of controversy at the Episcopal General Convention, which opens today in Minneapolis? Not in this case. Rather, all the bishops named have expressed support for another, but little-noticed, movement linked to the U.S. Episcopal Church (ECUSA): the controversial United Religions Initiative (URI), which California Episcopal Bishop William Swing founded in 1996. The URI hopes to bring together on a regular basis representatives of the major *and* minor faith systems, including those of the New Age/pagan/occult genre, to help resolve conflicts in the world. However, some of its critics believe the interfaith initiative envisions or could lead to a one-world religion. In its Charter, the URI describes itself as "a growing global community dedicated to promoting enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, ending religiously motivated violence and creating cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings...The URI, in time, aspires to have the visibility and stature of the United Nations." In November 2002, URI Executive Director Charles Gibbs hailed the growth of the movement: "Since 1996, the URI has grown from a small group of 55 visionary people to a global organizationengaging over 15,000 interfaith activists from 88 faith traditions and 46 countries." The URI says that over the next three years, it "fully expects to grow from 15,000 members to more than 30,000We hope to engage 3 million people and many partner organizations in a global action research project--Visions for Peace Among Religions, designed to create peace among religions for the 21st century." Worldwide, the URI now has 202 chapters (which they call Cooperation Circles) Moreover, a majority of URI Cooperation Circles are where one would least expect them, the largely conservative global South--Asia, Africa, Latin America--along with the Middle East, and the non-English-speaking nations of the Pacific Rim. Nineteen of the 37 members of the URI Global Council, its board of directors, are from the same regions. Thus, the URI's base has expanded well beyond Western liberals, who have been the usual backers of interfaith movements. URI allies include the United Nations (in particular, UNESCO and the UN Environmental Program), Mikhail Gorbachev's star-studded State of the World Forum, and the Earth Charter movement, led by Maurice Strong, a wealthy Canadian advocate of world government. The URI also enjoys tacit support or active cooperation from most other interfaith organizations, including the Council for the Parliament of the World's Religions, the World Conference on Religion and Peace, the Temple of Understanding, and the North American Interfaith Network. The Vatican, the Eastern Orthodox, and Evangelical Protestants oppose the URI. THE URI'S AGENDA goes well beyond its stated goal of ending religiously motivated violence. URI leaders and their allies repeatedly equate evangelism with manipulative "proselytizing" and violence. If the URI vision prevails, Christian evangelism based on the unique, saving identity and acts of Christ would
[CTRL] Bill Clinton: The Man Behind The Patriot Act
-Caveat Lector- Bill Clinton: The Man Behind The Patriot Act -- Mondo Washington by James Ridgeway Power Over the People Intrusion Alert It's the Government July 29th, 2003 12:00 PM Political observers often have wondered why Democrats, especially liberals, didn't put up more of a fight against the Patriot Act, which passed the Senate with only one dissenting vote. Many thought it was because Dems didn't have the guts to stand up, and were afraid both to look unpatriotic and to risk defeat at the hands of the mighty Bush. But there may be another reason: The Patriot Act enhances major incursions into civil liberties that were sponsored by Bill Clinton in 1994 and 1996, including the setting up of secret courts and the launch of mass deportations. The 1996 Antiterrorism Act gave the secretary of state the authority to decide which organizations are terrorist. Anyone supporting such an organization for humanitarian reasons is liable to criminal prosecution. And, of course, under Clinton the FBI was allowed to continue building files on people and organizations based not on the likelihood of their committing a crime, but on grounds that an FBI agent thought they should be investigated. This act, directed at international terrorism, was pushed through Congress in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, which the government had no reason to believe was caused by foreign terrorists. These measures were opposed not by rank-and-file Democrats, but by the ACLU, per usual, and conservatives who feared they might be the targets of the next investigation. Two examples of what Clinton, and now Attorney General John Ashcroft, have brought the nation in the hunt for terrorists: First, federal grand juries have become potential investigative armsnot just of the Justice Departmentbut of the CIA, formerly banned from operating within the U.S. Under the Patriot Act, testimony before a grand jury can now be sent to the intelligence agencies, which under various treaties can share it with spook agencies of foreign governments. Let's say a U.S. attorney wants to prosecute a businessman with a Middle Eastern passport because he has an informant who says the businessman was dealing with Saddam's Iraq. No one knows who the informant is. It could be a competitor, a jealous suitor, an irate neighbor, anybody. But the prosecutor, using the FBI or other investigative agencies, can then conduct surveillance, secretly tape the suspect's conversations or telephone calls, and take hearsay testimony. Since a criminal indictment is already two-thirds of the way up the river for most people, the grand jury in effect functions as a secret court. And if the information is sh ared with spooks around the world, in a very real sense they get to determine the verdict. Second, anti-terrorism laws are being used to prosecute those with no interest in taking down the American republic. As part of North Carolina's own little war on terror, Watauga County DA Jerry Wilson focused on the state's antiterrorism laws to hammer people accused of producing methamphetamines. Ordinarily a meth producer might get six months, but under the new code, Wilson can send a convicted producer to jail for anywhere from 12 years to life. In the first case of this sort, Wilson is charging Martin Dwayne Miller, 24, on two counts of making a nuclear or chemical weapon in connection with the manufacture of methamphetamines. To get a connection between a nuke and meth, Wilson refers to the toxic nature of the chemicals involved in making the drug, noting that firemen and police officers responding to cases involving meth risk lung damage and other serious injury. I understand the title of the statute is antiterrorism, but the statute is much more broad than that, he said. There's nothing in the statute that requires any organized terrorist effort. There's nothing in the statute that requires that these chemicals be used as a weapon. Wilson may well not be far off the mark, for federal law classifies as a weapon of mass destruction, among other things, a hand grenade. When you define the term so broadly, then it could be used to mean any number of things, including possessing the chemicals used to make methamphetamines, Graham Boyd, the ACLU's director of drug-policy litigation, told the Voice. You end up shifting the power to prosecutors and sheriffs to define weapons of mass destruction according to what they think they are. http://www.villagevoice.com/print/issues/0331/mondo3.php -iNFoWaRZ And Bush'sHomeland Security Act is Clinton's Homeland Defense Initiative. Wake up you hoodwinked conservatives. Bush has succeeded in implementing the entire Clinton Agenda. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These
[CTRL] Why Do Conservatives Continue To Support The Republican Party?
-Caveat Lector- Why Do Conservatives Continue To Support The Republican Party? By Chuck Baldwin August 1, 2003 It should be obvious to every rational person that the Republican Party has totally lost whatever conservative moorings it had. Since seizing control of the federal government and many state governments, Republicans have consistently promoted bigger and bigger government, have betrayed virtually every conservative cause, and have broken virtually every conservative promise. Even columnist George Will observed that under President Bush, conservatism has developed an identity crisis. However, the greater crisis is the willingness of grassroots conservatives to continue to support such a party. Since becoming President, G.W. Bush has exploded the size and growth of the federal government. Furthermore, he has betrayed gun owners with his support of the Clinton gun ban and has done nothing but give lip service to pro-life voters. Now we learn that Bush has decided to defend Bill Clinton's national monuments proclamation. When Bill Clinton restricted millions of acres of prime western land, then candidate Bush called the policy willy-nilly and promised to nullify it when elected President. Instead, he has sent Justice Department officials to the U.S. Supreme Court to lobby in favor of Clinton's land grab. Not only is the Clinton/Bush policy to seize millions of acres willy-nilly, it is blatantly unconstitutional! If this policy is allowed to stand, it means any president may, with the stroke of a pen, convert any property in the United States to a national monument. Such an act is void of any interpretation of law previously understood. The thing that should concern us is the increasing propensity of the executive branch to deliberately assume powers either not assigned to it or assigned to other branches of government, and Republicans are proving themselves as adept at such unlawful activity as Democrats! Constitutional lawyer William J. Olson, a Republican who lobbied Congress to restrict a president's ability to legislate by executive order or proclamation, said, You'd hope presidents would view power in their own hands with the same suspicion they view it in the hands of people they distrust. But, that's the problem: they don't. Instead, Republicans, like Democrats, only criticize the misuse of power when the other party is to blame. When one of their own is the culprit, they seem willing to tolerate virtually any abuse or abridgement. It is past time for grassroots conservatives to begin standing courageously and uncompromisingly for the principles they profess to believe. How one can do that and still support the Republican Party is beyond my comprehension. © Chuck Baldwin --- -iNFoWaRZ Two and half years into the Bush presidency and nothing but more socialism, gargantuan government, and a total disregard for the Bill of Rights and Constitution. With a guy like Bush who needs Clinton? 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=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] Our Secret Government
-Caveat Lector- Our Secret Government Whose Security? By: Ted Lang Of course the term our in the title of this meager effort is a misnomer; its not our government, its George Bushs government. Both Republicans and Democrats have so bastardized our God-given as well as legal rights that we no longer qualify as a second-rate banana republic. The list of prohibitions in the Bill of Rights against government growing itself at our expense is being summarily ignored. What needs to be secret in a society where the people are self-governing? Arent we the people the government? But if we are no longer self-governing, then just who or what is the government, depending upon your definition of the word is? We have been asked to suspend the rule of law for the convenience of President George W. Bush and Republicans, and grant war powers just as we had previously done based upon the lies from Democrat President, Lyndon Baines Johnson. LBJ committed deliberate fraud when he initiated the Gulf of Tonken resolution, lying about attacks upon our Navy that never happened. Obviously, LBJ kept that secret because it was a matter of national security. And then there was lying Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who couldnt just simply come clean with the American people and explain that we needed to engage in war against the Axis [of ?]. Instead, he goaded the Japanese with the threat of an embargo and then blacked out advance warnings that the Japanese were on their way to attack Pearl Harbor. Nothing like blacking out intelligence when we need it, and then citing it when we dont! The British were hanging on with our Lend Lease help, and Hitler bit off more than he could chew attacking Red Communist Joe Stalins Russia. But you see, losing 2,400 Navy personnel is all right, so long as were losing American lives for the Democrats beloved communists. Losing 3,000 Americans is no biggie - communists dont stand to gain anything from that insignificant sacrifice. Theres nothing like secret government to control the population and force them how and what to think. They must be trained that there are awful weapons of mash distraction out there, and regime changes waiting, and the ability of Saddam bin Laden to launch his battle star and his evil death ray. The simple command decision that should have been made required holding someone in the administration accountable, but learning from the biggest fraud ever in American government, namely Bill Clinton, Bush was offered up those responsible for 9-11, namely Tenet and Freeh, whose incompetence was covered up by Mueller, and fired no one. Of course, some stepped up and accepted blame, but Bush conveyed that he forgave them and doesnt care about the American people. And to add insult to injury, death, fraud and terror, President George Bush and his cabal have been summarily stonewalling the 9-11 commission, delaying funding, refusing to cooperate, and generally obstructing both the inquiry and justice. Wheres the white paper Secretary of State Colin Powell promised proving bin Ladens involvement? Weve already forgotten that our secret government was going to make a case for us as regards that accusation? And wheres the case proving Saddam was involved in 9-11? Is that why 28 pages have been censored out of the 9-11 commission report, because it proves Saddam had nothing to do with 9-11? What other reason would there be? Just look at history for the answers, and youll find that tyranny always thrives on both secrets and lies! And it always needs oppressed classes and villainous enemies! Isnt it astonishing that the Bush regime needs the Patriot Act to break into our homes while we are at work donating 50 percent of our earnings for their financial support? His entourage of secret government advisors and experts is extremely uncomfortable with the fact that we might have some secrets. How dangerous! But then, that depends upon your definition of the word we. - Ted Lang is a columnist for the The Patriotist and the Sierra Times He is a regular columnist for Ether Zone. Ted Lang can be reached at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Published in the July 31, 2003 issue of Ether Zone. Copyright © 1997 - 2003 Ether Zone. --- -iNFoWaRZ Conspiracy: Two or more people plotting in secret to commit criminal acts. Burglars conspire. Bank Robbers conspire. It is extremely naive to think that wealthy and powerful people in government do not conspire to gain more power and wealth in a criminal manner. But most Americans, like Pavlov's Dogs, have been well trained by the controlled media to knee-jerk, twitch like an epileptic, and shut down their brain when they hear the word conspiracy. Break your conditioning. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are
[CTRL] Clinton-style amnesia returns
-Caveat Lector- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33851 This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. Thursday, July 31, 2003 Clinton-style amnesia returns Posted: July 31, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern By Paul Sperry ©2003WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON The source of the mysterious amnesia that struck so many Clinton officials when scandals broke last decade may finally be known. It's apparently something in the White House water, for convenient bouts of forgetfulness have now spread to Bush officials. It seems everyone's drawing a blank in the State of the Uranium scandal. We now know from an old memo surfaced by the CIA that National Security Adviser Condi Rice was explicitly warned to drop from any presidential speeches the dubious charge that Iraq was shopping for uranium in Africa. Rice's deputy, Steve Hadley, and Bush's chief speech-writer, Mike Gerson, got the same Oct. 6 memo from Langley. The day before, Hadley got another CIA memo advising the White House against taking stock in the British version of the uranium tale, because it, too, was unfounded. Yet three months later, President Bush spread the canard in his nationally televised State of the Union speech. Hadley, who was supposed to vet the key speech for bad intelligence, claims he just plum forgot the CIA's earlier written warnings, which were followed up by several calls from the CIA director. It was a highly unusual move for the head of the nation's spy agency, but apparently not the least bit memorable for the heretofore no-name aide on the other end of the phone. "I should have recalled at the time of the State of the Union speech that there was controversy associated with the uranium issue," Hadley only now confesses, after the memos surfaced and long after the nation was fooled into believing Iraq posed an exigent threat to America. Well, what about his boss Rice? She got at least one of the memos he did. Why didn't she recall the warnings? Surely they discussed the CIA's concerns. "Not that I can recall," said Hadley, taking another big gulp from Lethe. OK, then how about the president? He edited drafts of the speech, and ultimately broadcast the discredited uranium reference to the world. Surely he knew there were reservations. "He has no memory of that," his spokesman Dan Bartlett claimed, adding that he didn't even remember that the same line was deleted from the final draft of his Cincinnati speech on Iraq. Just before the State of the Union, Rice aide Bob Joseph, a neocon nuke expert keen on keeping the uranium charge in the speech, got an earful of objections from top CIA analyst Alan Foley. Surely he remembers concerns were raised. "He has no memory of it," Bartlett said. Yoinks! That just leaves speech-writer Gerson, the guy who actually penned the radioactive line in the speech. He looks like a walking encyclopedia. But the nerd doesn't remember a damn thing. "He had no recollection of the memo," Bartlett maintained. "He did not recall the memo during the State of the Union process." Can't recall? No recollection? That brings back memories, doesn't it? How many times did we hear Clinton officials feign amnesia during scandals? Congress needs to hold televised hearings to jog these Bush officials' rusty memories. Let's see if Hadley, Rice, Gerson, Joseph and others stick to their story of communicable amnesia under oath and under the glare of the klieg lights. And while they're at it, lawmakers should subpoena the CIA for the memos (the White House would merely claim executive privilege). They are several pages long, and no doubt reveal a lot more than the White House is telling. Or perhaps Congress wants to roll over for this White House again, like it did before the war when it granted an over-reaching commander in chief blank-check authority to drag the nation into a bloody foreign quagmire under false pretenses heaping more shame on the Constitution's framers. Is it also now willing to abdicate its oversight role over that same rogue branch of government? The ball is in the Republican leadership's court. It controls the game on the Hill. Will it continue to punt away the truth? Paul Sperry is Washington bureau chief for WorldNetDaily. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing
[CTRL] Republicans Against Bush
-Caveat Lector- Surrogate Caller Speaks For Republicans Against Bush By: Ted Lang Having encountered an unexpected medical problem, I had to make an emergency mid-morning appointment with my doctor. This explains my being home and turning on the radio at lunchtime while having missed a day at work. The dial was set to WABC, the den of that denizen of conservatism, Rush Limbaugh. Almost instantly, Limbaugh went into his tirade, a series of arguments proving his staggering intellectual contribution to Mankind: Republicans are good and Democrats are evil. This credo for simpletons works very well. It certainly helped Bush edge out Algore. And his tirades against the former administration drew much blood, and delivered insight as to what the federal government should and should not do. Now that a Republican administration is in place, the same liberties taken by the Clinton administration are now being taken by the Bush administration, and then some, and are being ignored. Clinton lied about sex, but Democrats can point to the fact that Bushs fast and loose use of unconfirmed intelligence reports from a foreign power was irresponsible and worse. Limbaughs criteria judging whether or not Bush was irresponsible? Sixteen words! Thats it! Obviously, us left wing, communist s.o.b.s and Democrats are looking for any excuse to destroy this presidency. Only problem is, I have no choice but to agree with the very Democrats Limbaugh aligns me with, in spite of the fact that thirty-five seconds ago, I was a Republican and voted for Bush. Limbaugh cant grasp this, but thats understandable because he believes in the Bush Doctrine: Either youre with us or against us. And he extends this doctrine to his own narrow-minded views: Republicans are good, Democrats are bad, and if you oppose Bushs unconstitutional warmongering and imperialism, then youre on the Left. I confess to having attempted, on several occasions years ago during my transition, to call Limbaugh and speak to him while he was broadcasting. Obviously, the vast number of callers wanting to hear themselves on radio speaking with the great one was motivation enough, not to mention the need to vent during those awful Clinton years. But I have been transformed, realizing that big government and its creeping socialism and world domination objectives are against the very nature of this nations founding principles. I thought Limbaugh knew that, and I still think he does; but I guess, he no longer wants to. It was, therefore, refreshing to have a caller make the needed statements, statements that momentarily left the minister of truth speechless. We have a caller from, of all places, Berkeley, California. Limbaugh set the stage by explaining that all residents in Berkeley are left-liberal. The caller explained that he was a true conservative, and pointed out that he felt double-crossed by George W. Bush. Thats it! Thats exactly my own take: true conservative and double-crossed! But the caller didnt stop there! He explained that when Bush I proclaimed Read my lips - no new taxes, and then joined Democrats in screwing America with new taxes without apology, he voted for the third party candidate in 1992. That would have been Ross Perot, which is the same way I voted. Now angry with Bush double-cross number II, the guy said: Ill vote for Hillary before I vote for Bush again! Hey, you cant do that! said the great one. If you vote for a third party, youll be helping the Democrats! Now, we are all familiar with that threat, but the caller came back with the only logical answer a blocked-out majority of constitutionalists could offer, and its the very same argument I subscribe to: Maybe we should elect another Democrat, wholl totally destroy what little remains of the American Dream. Maybe what America needs is a severe shock treatment! Uh, yeah, I see what you mean, and Ive heard that said before, replied Limbaugh. But Limbaugh wasnt sure that it would work. Who cares? Thats the way Im going! Politicians lie all the time, especially during campaign speeches. That has now become accepted practice. But when a politician is caught in a major lie, such as expressing an aversion to nation building, and then starts an illegal war based upon more lies and fabrications in office, like Bush and his father have, only a fool would vote for them again. And if it hits the fan, let it! Time for lazy, non-thinking, soft and spineless sheeple to be subjugated and oppressed into action! The caller was 100 percent on the money! After eight years of Clinton, Republicans controlling both the executive and legislative branches cant get their judges elected, have destroyed the Bill of Rights with their Patriot Act, stifled political campaigning and accountability with Campaign Finance Reform, squandered taxpayer funding faster than LBJ and Democrats, and go around the world starting wars based upon a suspicion
[CTRL] US drops informant's murder as Ochoa sentencing issue (Barry Seal murder)
-Caveat Lector- http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030729Category=APNArtNo=307291005SectionCat=Template=printart Published Tuesday, July 29, 2003US drops informant's murder as Ochoa sentencing issueBy CATHERINE WILSONAssociated Press WriterMIAMI Prosecutors have decided to drop the 1986 murder of shadowy drug pilot and informant Barry Seal as a sentencing issue for former Colombian drug cartel leader Fabio Ochoa.Ochoa was accused in an indictment of ordering Seal's murder, carried out in Louisiana by a Colombian hit team. Prosecutors in a separate drug case decided last month to use it against Ochoa to try to get a harsher sentence.But the defense repeated old allegations that retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North had Seal killed in an Iran-Contra cover-up, and defense lawyers subpoenaed key figures in the Reagan administration scandal.The defense revealed the change in prosecutors' plans in a court filing disclosed Tuesday.Ochoa, 46, has been a prime target of U.S. anti-drug forces since the 1980s when he and two brothers pioneered cocaine air drops with other leaders of the now-defunct Medellin cartel.He was extradited on the condition that he could not be prosecuted for crimes committed before Colombia and the United States resumed extraditions in 1997, wiping out charges covering all cartel operations.An independent arm of the court, which produced a confidential report on Ochoa's sentence, suggested he should receive a prison sentence of 19 1/2 to 24 1/2 years for two drug conspiracy counts, according to sources close to the case.Prosecutors have the right to ask for a longer sentence than federal rules limiting the discretion of judges would normally allow.Lead prosecutor Ed Ryan had no comment Tuesday on Seal or Ochoa's possible sentence.The defense, which believes the Colombian government put a 12-year cap on Ochoa's potential sentence, also had no comment. Ochoa is due to learn his fate at a hearing Aug. 26.With Seal out of the picture, the defense is still insisting on a closed-door hearing to review any classified documents relating to Ochoa. U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore hasn't issued a decision on the request.Seal, a drug smuggling pilot, was slain in Baton Rouge, La. The government claimed he was killed on orders from Medellin cartel leaders.Others say he was targeted days after threatening to expose secret U.S. shipments of weapons to Nicaragua's Contra rebels after Congress cut off official funding. Some pilots purportedly were allowed to carry drugs north as an incentive to carry arms south. 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] Pledge of Allegiance
-Caveat Lector- Take out the "indivisible" and I'm happy. /s/ Nick Landholt, www.RealNews247.com and www.conspiracy1.com - Original Message - From: William Shannon To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [CTRL] [JBirch] Shocking lack of diversity (fwd) -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 7/31/2003 6:24:14 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and tothe REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,withliberty and justice for all."When I was a kid in the early 70's we used to exclude the words "under god" in the Pledge and I've got to say, I like that far better. Kind of like adding the "in god we trust" on our money in the 1950's I guess. We as a nation seemed to do just fine before adding those words...better in many regards actually.Oh well...just my $0.02."I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and tothe REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation, indivisible, withliberty and justice for all."Bill. 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
