Matthew Parris, entertaining liberal conservative columnist in the Times,
who actually opposed this war before it started, has the space in Gramscian
terms to post this serious article. It will be seriously read.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-626898,00.html
IMO interesting
I am getting a number of mails off list in response to my posts, for which
thanks, and apologies if I cannot reply to them all. Also a word of warning
that no one can agree with anybody else all the time!
I am forwarding a link that has been drawn to my attention about the
Stalingrad
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Devine, James wrote:
I read somewhere that Perle was an advisor to the late Senator from
Boeing, Henry Scoop Jackson. There were a lot of the Cold War
liberal/right-wing social democrat/Zionist contingent in Jackson's
coterie. Was Perle one of them?
He was, along with
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/29/03 04:01 AM
I am forwarding a link that has been drawn to my attention about the Stalingrad
hypothesis. I would caution that I do not claim this hypothesis
as mine.
Extract:
The historical similarities between a 2003 Battle of Baghdad and the
1942 Battle of Stalingrad
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/28/03 23:48 PM
A lurker asked if I would post this.
Articles of Impeachment of President George W. Bush
Congressman John Conyers is asking you if you want Bush impeached!
House Representative Congressman John Conyers on the Judicial Committee is asking you
to, through
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Michael Hoover wrote:
Catholic Teacher Quits Rather Than Remove Anti-War Button --A teacher at
a Catholic high school has quit rather than remove an anti-war button
the principal said violated the dress code.
Although to be fair, the principal who told him to take it off
Paul Findley is a reliable source. You could try to get the FBI summary under FOIA, or see if it is already in the National Security Archive (a library of such material run by the good guys in DC). jks
Michael Pollak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Devine, James wrote: I read
From a friend's email:
Terror in Albuquerque
...As many of you know, the economy is NM is heavily dependent upon war, and if
we(in
the peace movement) did not understand the ramifications of that before
we certainly learned what it meant from the police, mayor and many
citizens last Thursday
I don't think were talking about Stalingrad here. I suspect it will be
more like Jenin, but this means that the US would have a hard time
installing a new Karzai.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Title: RE: [PEN-L:36262] Re: Perle before Swine
the Perle as Pollard-lite was reported in Eric Alterman's column in the NATION.
So Wolfowitz, Perle, and Feith were once leftists of a sort (social dems who sided with the US in the Cold War) who worked for Scoop Jackson? I wonder if I met
Title: RE: [PEN-L:36269] Re: The Stalingrad thesis.
right. I've been telling people that I fully expect the US to win the war (especially since Honor is At Stake and we wouldn't want a repeat of Somalia) but then lose the occupation. I think I've been right: the US will be trying to run a
Title: flashback
hearing about the terrorists repeatedly harassing the US Marines in Iraq with relatively primitive AK-47s induced me to have a flashback to Junior High. I remember hearing about these Redcoats who had superior arms and numbers but marched in straight lines and were obvious
Title: web sources on the war
a web-friend forwards some links that may be of interest.
http://162.42.211.226
--This is an information clearing house's site posting extensive world commentary and articles showing the downside of the invasion. A left site run by someone named Tom out of
Of course, the battle hasn't turned yet to favor the insurgents the way it did for the "Patriots."
The "patriots" here also have the French on their side . . . jksDo you Yahoo!?
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On behalf of Canadians everywhere I'd like to offer an apology to the
United States of America. We haven't been getting along very well
recently and for that, I am truly sorry.
I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron. He
Title: RE: [PEN-L:36274] Re: flashback
Of course, the battle hasn't turned yet to favor the insurgents the
way it did for the Patriots.
The patriots here also have the French on their side . . . jks
I know that JKS is being facetious, but France isn't on the side of the Iraqis at all.
plenty of great stuff, as usual, from Frontline magazine; including the
following from Jayati Ghosh:
Never before have the people of the world been so united in their
opposition to this blatant and aggressive display of force against a
people helpless to protect themselves against the onslaught.
Radio commentator Travus T Hipp this morning suggested Perle's
resignation is a strategic move to keep him from conflict of interest
charges, since they only apply to the top dog. As a lowly dog, his
influence is still there, but he gets out of being legally tangled up
in coming
U.S. WILL SUBSIDIZE CLEANUP OF ALTERED CORN
March 26, 2003
Washington Post
Justin Gillis
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29223-2003Mar25.html
The U.S. Agriculture Department's settlement with a Texas company
that mishandled gene-altered corn, portrayed three months ago as a
http://www.latimes.com
Glendale Abetted Enron in Energy Ploys, Papers Imply
By Doug Smith and Nancy Rivera Brooks
Times Staff Writers
March 29, 2003
Newly released documents suggest that the city of Glendale knowingly
helped Enron Corp. traders rig the California energy market -- even going
so
Jim Devine wrote:
right. I've been telling people that I fully expect the US
to win the war (especially since Honor is At Stake and we
wouldn't want a repeat of Somalia) but then lose the occupation. I think
I've been right: the US will be trying to run a Gaza Strip the size of
California.
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Devine, James wrote:
So Wolfowitz, Perle, and Feith were once leftists of a sort (social dems
who sided with the US in the Cold War) who worked for Scoop Jackson?
I don't think they were ever leftists of any sort (although I'd be
interested to learn otherwise). I think
Suicide Bombing Kills U.S. Troops
By Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Peter Baker
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, March 29, 2003; 5:30 AM
KUWAIT CITY, March 29 (Saturday) -- A suicide bomber driving a taxi filled
with explosives killed five U.S. soldiers today at a highway checkpoint in
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, James Devine wrote:
the Perle as Pollard-lite was reported in Eric Alterman's column in the
NATION.
Thanks! It's in the online archives. It turns out Alterman's source is
Hersh's big book on Kissinger.
Now if only Hersh uses a named source for once :o) I'm set.
March 28, 2003, 11:06PM
Houston company won't get contract
Halliburton off list for rebuilding Iraq
By DAVID IVANOVICH
Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- Halliburton Co. is not among the finalists for a $600
million government contract to help rebuild Iraq.
The Houston-based
My credit union (AEACU) just posted a notice that they are not FDIC, but
insured through a private company: National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.
Should I worry? I love the place and love the service. Is FDIC the best
all-around guarantee? It even seems that because Credit Unions are more
But a lot of ex-Trotskyists became neo-cons didnt they: Irving Kristol,
James Burnham, Kristol's son William is now chair of the Project for the New
American Century I believe.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
- Original Message -
From: Michael Pollak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
The situation seems to be different than in Canada where the insurance is
provincially based but the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund is
backed by the US federal government it is not a for-profit private company.
Sounds quite safe.I belong to two credit unions. Usually the services are
But a lot of ex-Trotskyists became neo-cons didnt they
Yep. But that first wave, centered around Kristol's magazine The Public
Interest which started in 1965, was mainly about domestic and social
policy. They were devout anti-communists, but so were all liberals at
that time. They didn't
Title: RE: [PEN-L:36282] Re: Perle before Swine
I wrote:
So Wolfowitz, Perle, and Feith were once leftists of a sort (social
dems who sided with the US in the Cold War) who worked for Scoop Jackson?
Michael Pollack writes:
I don't think they were ever leftists of any sort (although I'd be
Web posted at: 3/29/2003 2:31:34
Source ::: REUTERS
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_Newssubsect
ion=Iraq+Crisismonth=March2003file=World_News2003032923134.xml
LONDON: Relief agencies accused British and US forces yesterday of being
more concerned with food aid as a
Title: RE: [PEN-L:36285] safe banks? FDIC
according to the Mishkin Money Banking textbook, the NCUSIF is a subsidiary fo the National Credit Union Admistration, a federal agency.
Jim
-Original Message-
From: joanna bujes
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 3/29/2003
Iraq
March 29, 2003
Takoma the dolphin is Awol
From Daniel McGrory in Umm Qasr
THE US Marines have suffered an embarrassment with reports last night that
one of their most prized investigators may have defected.
Takoma, the Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphin, had been in Iraq for 48 hours
when
This story is interesting. People have been calling for years for the
genetic engineering people to take out liability insurance. Maybe now the
call will sound more reasonable -- except to those in power.
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 10:14:22AM -0800, Dan Scanlan wrote:
U.S. WILL SUBSIDIZE CLEANUP
Taking stock of anti-war activists in Columbus, OH informally, I've
concluded that the overwhelming majority of formal and informal
leaders/organizers of the Columbus anti-war activist scene are either
employed in the public sector, employed in the quango sector, or
self-employed. Is this
* Military Families Speak Out is an organization of people who
are opposed to war in Iraq and who have relatives or loved ones in
the military. We were formed in November of 2002 and have contacts
with military families throughout the United States, and in other
countries around the
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