[Futurework] Interesting

2003-07-11 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Bush and Africa. REH A common background Presidents Bush, Mark Twain and the legacy of slavery -- A lesson for Black History Month Saturday, February 2, 2002 By Terrell Dempsey For the Courier-Post This is a tale of slavery, Mark Twain and two American Presidents for Black History

[Futurework] NYTimes.com Article: Is Race Real?

2003-07-11 Thread swsinger1
This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] This seems to me a pretty good summary. Selma [EMAIL PROTECTED] / advertisement ---\ Explore more of Starbucks at Starbucks.com. http://www.starbucks.com/default.asp?ci=1015

[Futurework] Sustainability and Iraq

2003-07-11 Thread Ed Weick
The long haul? Ed Weick U.S. in Iraq for long haul, says Franks Last Updated Fri, 11 Jul 2003 8:29:32 WASHINGTON - U.S. troops could be in Iraq four years from now, says the former commander who led the invasion of the country. INDEPTH: IraqGen. Tommy Franks told the House Armed

RE: [Futurework] Bigger Than Watergate!

2003-07-11 Thread Karen Watters Cole
There was an earlier attempt to scapegoat the CIA. Yesterday and today we are blaming the British, our staunchest allies. And so the trail begins to descend into finger pointing and denials and eventually, an effort by one party or the other to cover up something done wrong. We have read

Re: [Futurework] NYTimes.com Article: Is Race Real?

2003-07-11 Thread bradmcc
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED] This seems to me a pretty good summary. [snip] Is Race Real? July 11, 2003 By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF [snip] I thought this was pretty good, too. The point about mongrelism is a good

[Futurework] More Texas thought

2003-07-11 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
Texas type thinking whether educational or Iraq. Hicks with silver spoons are still hicks.In this article they call it Enron type thinking. Of course they will send the programmer to jail and he will take the blame. They did that to my cousin who was the company secretary while the big

[Futurework] Politics and Culture Wars

2003-07-11 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Maybe this is a partial answer to what the sacred musicians should be contemplating in these times: how being a social movement is not the same as being a religious one. And maybe they should be reminded that if you live by the sword, you die by the sword. Just ask the Taliban. - KWC

[Futurework] More on election fraud-the how

2003-07-11 Thread Darryl and Natalia
Here's another article on voting systems manipulation, and some historical accounts of recent rigging. It compliments what was sent out earlier this week, and gets better as you go along. I couldn't reproduce the headings, which read: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED The history the government

[Futurework] More all hat no cattle?

2003-07-11 Thread Karen Watters Cole
We knew it was possible to incorrectly delete a couple thousand voter registration names from a database and stealthily deny those voters their right to vote (thanks to Florida and Katherine Harris), but now we learn that a few data entry errors, whether intentional or not, can reward

Re: [Futurework] Vietnam, the Sequel

2003-07-11 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Ed Weick wrote: Interesting stuff. Two things will make any sustained counterinsurgency effort by the US very difficult. One is public opinion, increasing public and political concern about what we have gotten ourselves into and growing discontent about staying in it as more and more

[Futurework] Government meddling in persons' private lives

2003-07-11 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
The NYT today has a paradigmatic example: Florida Court Viods a Law on Abortion http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/11/national/11FLOR.html Now let me ask a fool's question (for fools can ask questions): Why don't the conservatives and the liberals both agree that they each wants the government to

[Futurework] Tristes Astronomiques (sp?)

2003-07-11 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
So in today's NYT, we learn that we live on a 3rd generation planet, and that a 1st generation planet has been found. The 1st generation planet presumably has far less heavy elements than 3rd generation planets, so we feel saddness for the advanced lifeforms that were perhaps thereby frustrated

Re: [Futurework] Fw: Bigger Than Watergate!

2003-07-11 Thread Darryl and Natalia
Karen, Some interesting remarks below on Harry's part. His e-mail to me on July 8th, however, would rather contradict what he's stating here, in approach and content. Perhaps this is not unusual for him. By the way, that was a smashing compliment he paid you about emulating both Darryl and I.