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First Quarter of 2004 January 2004 ... February 2004 ... March 2004
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1/04/04 The Heinous: Environmentat Assault: Sooty Santa, Hog Wash, and
Estate Tox ... a
banner year for dismantling the EPA, Clean Air Act, and
others, a brief list of the "Lowlights"
(010404a) Americana: Here's the latest on the new prosecutor for the CIA's
case against the White House, the article builds uip
Mr.
Fitzgerald, (new
link here) (010405b) but ends ominiously with "If
anybody from inside the Justice Department has to do it,
he'll be as good as anybody. That said, it would be my
feeling that it should have been someone from outside." Here
is another
view from Josh Marshall, (bew
link here) (010405c) and still another,
viewpoint, questioning
the official line.(010404d) Mad as hell and not going to take it any more? You
bet. Some
people are and this one has let us know all about
it. (new
link here) (010404e) Eventually we'll understand
the
worst labor market in 20 years, flat or falling incomes, yet
a banner year, relatively speaking, for Wall St and the well
to do's stores. (new
link here) (010404f) But the Dollar
has seen better days.... Mad Cow and culpability, a industry lobbyist now runs
the Dept.
of Agriculture, so now we know the story, how dangerous is
Mad Cow? Read on, right on! (010404g) How a campain against Dean begins, how
the media will define him out of existance,
(010404h) no threat to small I say, get him while you
can. Ecology, Bush probably can't spell it, and
ths shows he does not understand it or and
government
says it can be treated as a "lesser" pollutant and that
computer projections of cost for containment,
clean up, and so forth won't be forth coming. and one of the
men
central to this decision has pesticide's interest at
heart.(new
link here scroll down to 12/30/03)
(010404i) Europe: Merry Olde Englande, it
seems their intelligence, well, um, uh, prevaricated, or
rather more simply lied (041405j) about Saddam,
but its all water under the bridge, I guess that's just
fine. Italy: What
is the fuss over there, (010404k) Parmalat goes
billions of dollars in debt overnight, a media king rules or
changes the rules to suit his tailored needs. So it seems
they learn from the best, us. Iraq: Sorry about this, my opinion: The capture of Saddam
could prove an error. Here is why: if the resistance had
managed to oust the US before his capture, he would have
been the most likely one to come back into power, and many
who disliked us disliked that just as much. Now he is out of
the picture, various ethnic segments, religious factions and
so forth have a chance at real power. Some of the motives
are clear, Kurds want more freedom, Sunnis and Shias more
power, Iran influence, Baathists a return to power, and so
on. All they have to do is to "pull together" and get rid of
us so each can try to settle things to their favor. Keep in
mind the resistance does not have to force a military
victory, all they have to do is outlast us. With Saddam out
of the picture many might see a possibility of gaining
control, once we go. It may also be that Al Queda and others
like them also have a fine place to "do that voodoo that
they do, so well" Paul
Bremmer, Iraq's "go to guy" and that smashing fellow Mr.
Prime Minister himself, Tony Blair cannot keep their stories
straight, (010404l) either there are labs,
weapons, and programs or there is not. Great laughs here, if
only it wasn't so serious. Then we
support Iraq when it has and uses Weapons of Mass
Destruction, and invade when it does not,
(010404m) sounds logical to me, how about you? Then
a bit more than most people want on some US/Iraq background,
whoah baby. (010404n) Here is a source for Freedom of Information Act
materials put on the web. The
National Security Archive. (new
link) (010404o) If you want a good overview illuminating why the
Iraqi's live in darkness, have a gasoline shortage despite
oil reserves , or why new Iraqi army is plagued with
desertion,
read this.(010404p)
The Heinous: Americana: Its all hush hush you understand, but read between the
lines here and the strong implication is that the
investigators were active in more than one
American city during the month of December last and they
were trained for detecting nuclear material.
Meanwhile
the costs associated with the basic error, that of
mishandling Bin Laden, continue to mount. A little story that illuminates more than a few
instances of how
our media has become biased and people simply have not
seemed to notice much.(011004a) Fredonia goes to
war! Will
we get some clean information on 9/11 out of this
lawsuit? (011004b) We can only hope. How safe can we be? That is what I want to know. How
safe? Consider airlines escorted by jets, massive computer
ID records, the centralising of data banks through credit
data et al. What
I mean is consider the Mad Cow Story,
(new
link) (011004c) and then consider, how hard would
it be to go around the country infecting cows? What would
happen in dozens of cows around the nation are found to have
it, what would that cost? Now if I can think up something
like that, what kind of thoughts are our terrorist enemies
considering? Hmmmmm? Mad Cow, here is why you have no way of
knowing where the beef is, even
though government officials can tell, which county received
it, even which stores.(011004d) The environment? We have a few items, first,
global
warming may cause us to loose 25% of the living species in
the next few decades. (new
link) (011004e) English government scientists
blast the US policy regarding global warming, it
is a greater threat than terrorism the article
says.(new
link) (011004f) If those don't grab you, check
out this: Cutting to the quick? Talk about a man's ... Well,
ahem, or sperm count. The
article suggests environmental or life style factors as
possible causes, nah, couldn't be those, could
it? (new
link) (011004g) Oh and here is another write up of that global warming
story, but the
wording in this one is just a tad stronger.
(011004h) Along with flights being cancelled, escorted in by
fighter plane and defences being placed at certain airports,
the
ID request for foreigners lends me to believe that threats
are becoming more important, (011004i) we are
mounting a real defensive effort here, why else? But lets go
back to the start of it all, what
Bush knew, well, what did he know? (011004j) And
then, a new link here concerning the collapse of the twin
towers on 9/11. Eye
witnesses report explosions, the bizzare "free fall" of the
towers. (011004k) Don't like the wars? Want
to protest? Its OK to do so as long as you cannot be well
seen by the presidink "ob dese You Ess of Ay"
(011004l) But we can still talk about it can't we? News bias found in the basic numbers, how many news
minutes are spent on global warming, aids, and Iraq,
the
not so surprising answers here.(011004m) How do we treat our soldiers "over there"?
Well,
some who were set to retire are told, implored, or otherwise
convinced to stay on, and on, (new
link )(011004n) Presidential candidate Kucinch
says this
amounts to a kind of involuntary draft.
(new
link) (011004o) Iraq: It seems that the story about the Kurds capturing
Saddam has been getting lots of play around the world,
this
article speculates about what that might come to
mean.(011004p) And a nice dovetail to that piece
is this recent event, Kurds are given reassurances, public
reassurances that they will have continued self rule,
others
would like that too, trouble is the Turkomen and Kurds what
the same place. (011004q) And here, again, we are told how the Iraqi's
had
nothing, sometimes less than nothing as far as WMD are
concerned. (new
link) (011004r) Why did we invade again, what
for? By the way we are pulling out teams who
were searching and have found nothing.
(011004s) Take a look at history, compare
Iraq to Algeria's revolution as well as Turkey's.
(011004t) Pakistan: The stories that have already come out are precursors
to this: officially unofficial: "These
guys are now three for three as supplier to the biggest
proliferation problems we have," (new
link) (011004u) Syria: It
seems they at least want to say they should not give up
WMD's if Israel does not. (new
link) (011004v)I think it's the best argument
he's come up with in a while, dovetailing antagonistically
as it does with our recent Libyan efforts. The Hope: Here is one for the Gipper all right, General
Wesley Clark pulping Bush for all that's worth. Read this
"he be
tawxtin' trash bout' de Prxidink!"
(011004w)
The Heinous: Americana: Want a glimpse of the headlines? Iran hasn't gotten
the UN in yet, suicides among our troops on the up tic,
mothers have become murderers in Palestine, and WE want the
UN back in Iraq? Will wonder's never cease, glance at
Reuters.
And it's not as if criticism isn't being heaped " 'pon po'
massuh Bush" Kennedy
blazes away for what that's worth.
(011604a) And a modest comparison of Vietnam's
ending, with what may be our June 1st "deadline" for a
functioning Iraqi government. (new
link) (011604b) What Massuh Cheney, he be habbin' somat hard tahme.
Hebe sayin' dat he coo, but da'bitch aint no waaaay co. Cuz
he be nippin' at de cash box. Meaning: Cheney has been
gettin' down wid some uh-thu man's bread. The
French claim, with English support, that Cheney via and with
Halliburton has been bribing and
jivvin'.(011604c) "Yasssuh, dem 'publikans deyse sho is not knowin' dat
dat dere Saddam he ain't been sheeeit fo' summat long arse
tahyme." By which he means to say that there is a paper, see
chapter 3, which details
the lack of evidence for WMD in Iraq and how our
intelligence did not reflect what we, the public, were being
told. (new
link, see chapter 3) (011604d) If you don't want
to read 107 pages, take
a look at this briefing. (011604e)Then this
article gives
a good coverage of the paper and some details.
Then there is this article by Paul O'Niel, a Bush insider,
an it be sayin dat Massuh Bush he done been lyin' fo' de
longes' 'bout dat dere Saddam and
was wantin t'git him from bee fo' nine eleben, 9.11 and
das'a fac'." (new
link) (011604f) Here is a
poignant summary of the O'Niel position, very
brief.(011604g) And another insider's tale, this
time from Air Force Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski, she
worked at The Office of Special Plans, or OSP, was a
Pentagon planning group directed by Undersecretary of
Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, She
be sayin' dat dat durn ol' massa Bush done been lyin fo' dee
longest (011604h) and she tells all in a recent
article referenced in this story. Then we hear 'dat wiley
ol' massuh Bush, be of two minds when it comes to the
planning of Iraq.... what's up with that? Electronic voting machines are getting some of the
coverage they deserve, and
there is a new trend of states wanting to have paper trails,
printouts, and accountability. (new
link) (011604i) The battle for this is not over,
but it is beginning in earnest. Our
all - volunteer army, a great idea when it was initiated,
has its weaknesses, (011604j) especially when
troops
are, essentially, forced to stay on in hostile territory
after their original period of duty
expires,(new
link) (011604k) this makes likely volunteers
think again before signing up. Result, we've shortages.
Solutions include, leaving Iraq and or re-establishing the
draft, neither are to palatable for Bush. And speaking of
troops and war, you can listen to this audio which talks
about the under
reporting of casualties and the difficulty in getting
information regarding them.(011604l) It seems the
DAV, Disabled
American Veterans are also unable to treat with the wounded
as it has been congressionally mandated to do.
(new
link) (011604m) How about that war on terrorism, some
experts think we've crossed a Rubicon to Far, so to mix
metaphors (new
link) (011604n) Iraq: Maybe there are a lessening of casualties in Iraq
since Saddam was captured, maybe that is a measure of
progress, if nothing else is, at least it could be that the
resistance is dissolving and that might mean peace will come
all the sooner, but according to the Star Tribune
"The outcome of the invasion [of Iraq] and the
reasons for it have always been separable questions. They
need to remain that way." In
a way it is the Wrong War' (new
link) (011604o) So no matter that the Post
Tramples
(011604p)Times on Iraq Weapons Story;' or that the
Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman tells the
Washingtonian that the "The Bush administration
misstated and exaggerated it pretty substantially." or
further that 'Bush's WMD case
weakens further.(011604q) "An dat aint be all dat's a trubblin' massa Bush's
mahnd. Dems Eyeracki's is a wantstin' somat freedom massuh
Bush done been tawxtin 'bout, yassuh."Now
in this article we see the larger Kurdish problem only
mentioned, while elections are being called for, open and
free elections, whatssup wid dat? (011604r) A
couple of days later, we
read about the differing wants of the Kurds, the Turkomen,
and Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Ali
al-Sistani, (new
link) (011604s) look near bottom of page for
January 28th and then the 4th and or 5th
The Heinous: The "blow-back" we get from other nations regarding
how "trustworthy" our intelligence is includes
China's belief that our intelligence on Korea's nuclear
developments is not accurate, (new
link) (012304a) this effects their policy, and
how they may or may not assist us in our attempts to effect
change in North Korea. IMHO, we may see other nations using
the pre-emptive strategy as a cover for their own
expansionist aggression. After all, if we attacked for no
apparent reason, then, why can't they? And here is more blowback, serious too, and personal
for Bush and cronies. Check out this
Blast from Palast, Greg that is who illuminates how
political road kill has necklaced opposition to Bush that
even 60 minutes can feel. (012304b)And the chill
is that the story just shows that no matter how cold you
think it is now, we
are in for a big chill. (012304c) Afghanistan: I believe that the Afghan
National Army has a 30% desertion rate, while resistance is
annoying, (012304d) and, seeming
to take some lessons from the resistance in
Iraq.(012304e) Americana: And what are Americans most concerned with?
This
poll is interesting, even more so when you lump quality of
life issues: hunger, health care costs, economy, joblessness
and compare it to terrorism and war.
(new
link) (012304f) And the New
York Times finally talks about voting machine fraud, or
incompetence, and what this might portend for the upcoming
election (012304g) scam that am. Only in America can we manage to take a high profile
investigation and manage to staff if with persons whom it
needs to question. So my question is, Do
you think the 9/11 commission should be handled that
way? (012304h) No, I didn't think so... And
besides it's time to wrap that puppy up, no use
clogging the campaign chatter with any untimely revelations,
is there? (new
link) (012304i) And speaking of disqualifying rules Scalia
and Cheney sitting in a tree, K.I.S.S.I.N.G. ... Only they
went "fishing" (012304j) wink, wink, nod - nod,
know what I mean, know what I mean? Ha, ha, ha, and you REALLY thought that Bush
was making with the "Star Trek talk" because it was "the
final frontier" and we were explorers? So
read some of the clues about the militarization of
space.(new
link) (012304k) Oh dat dere 'lecshun is dis hee'ah yee'ah, ya'll so
you best be hopin' fo' ABB, anybody but Bush. Michael
Moore has a piece 'bout dat genr'l Clark, he be sayin' I
won't hab t'pay taxes, I be likxstin dat, yassuh.
(012304l) Further, there
are two kinds of Democratic contenders, (012304m)
those who think this is just an election between two
parties, and those who think we have liars, criminals,
conspirators, and idiots running our government, nation,
ecology, military, social safety net, education system, and
justice department into the ground, and damned fast too!
Ah'n den we gotsda bush boys lie - in, yassir. Dat
wiley o'l massa Wufowits dun said, no budy kud say wha'de
war gonne be a'kostin' but he fired massa Lindsey's ass but
good an' quick too! (new
link) (012304n) The kicker of the week will have to be the State of
the Union. But this piece is a primer for, it seems
way
back in 1995 we knew that the Iraqi's had disarmed
themselves of all WMD's in 1991, captured Iraqi documents
verify this. (new
link 1) (new
link 2) (012304o and 012304p)Will this be an
issue in the upcoming election? One would hope so, but I'll
believe it when I see it. If one recalls that republican "activists" took
direct, physical
action to help shut down the Florida recount, you will be
interested to see similar action taking place in
Iowa. Now, I don't think they wore brown shirts,
but...(012304q) Russia: What bees dis heeyah pro'lem? Dose
ol' Ruskies wanna stay but we be sayin' dat dey gotta go
outen Georgia fo' good and keeps. (012304r) Whut
happens if'n dey don' wanna go? Do we bee's a dookin' it out
wid dem? Iraq: Well,
well, well ... "bubble, bubble toil and trouble..." The
Kurd's just won't go a'whey will they?
(new
link) (012304t) Turkey does not want them to have
independance, even the autonomy has not been "good for
them", and well, we seem to want to make that decision for
them both, how interesting. Meanwhile
Shiites are taking this "whole democracy thing" waaaay to
seriously folks. (new
link) (012304u) And what do the Shiites want,
it's not as if we don't know, for
though their leader does not speak, he does do the
fatwa. (012304v) Oh, my bad, he does speak, and
to over 100.000 Shia's he said: "The
sons of the Iraqi people demand a political system based on
direct elections and a constitution that realises justice
and equality for everyone," Ayatollah Sistani's
representative, Hashem al-Awad, told the crowd. "Anything
other than that will prompt people to have their own
say." (012304w) Which is something the US does
not want, exactly. Pakistan: This site requires a
membership to read the stories, but not the
headlines: (new
link for most of these) (012304x) Pakistani
President Pervez Musharraf Saturday shifted his residence
from Army House in Rawalpindi to the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the
presidency, in Islamabad. There have been assassination
attempts despite great precautions and a hint of insider
involvement. Then, this: Islamabad, Jan 17 (IANS) The
Pakistani government Saturday prevented several opposition
MPs from attending a joint session of parliament addressed
by President Pervez Musharraf but he faced noisy protests
nonetheless. One wonders, he moves from a "dangerous place"
to safer digs, rigs his legislature for a speech that runs
counter to what the Army and his radicalized legislature
want. Sounds like progress and security to me.
1/10/04
1/16/04
1/23/04
2/2/04 The Heinous So for those of you who slept through the last few
years, here
is a great article referencing articles that have Colin
Powell say, "containment worked" and Cheney says it too,
(020204a) then there is more, how Bush et al were
told certain intel was not good, but it wound up in his SOTU
speech anyway. So now if Bush tries to claim that faulty
intel caused this fiasco, well, um, he'll have a "newspaper"
trail to contend with. There was a contest to create a 30 second ad, that was
anti-Bush, well
the winner can be seen here, (new
link the video link is gone) (020204b)it is
fairly tame, yet CBS disallowed it from being shown during
the Super Bowl. Now if it ain't Cheney and Powell dem boyz be at it
again! Argerin, and disagree'in.
Nebbah mahn dat dey be contradictin' dem'sefs, But Cheney
dun sayed stuff dat ol massuh Bush dun been sayin' wuz
nuthin' but a lie! (new
link) (020204c) An, in dis heyah stowree, Bush seem t'be dissin'
what Reverend King, (020204d) An' Ah' say shame
on dat bad ol' massuh Bush. And who cares about our growing federal deficit, -The
U.S. comptroller general, David Walker that's who. And he
should know, he's with the General Accounting Office.
"an'
he be sayin' dat dis heeyah defisit is jes' about' gwen'ter
go ohbber da' top." (020204e) Again
Cheney and Scalia sitting in a tree, K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
(020204f)3) Americana: Why,
"Surprise! Surprise!" looks as though we did get some 9/11
warnings, good ones, (020204g) from a good
source, but, somehow, well, 9/11 happened anyway. It sure is
good to know that the people on the job on 9/10 are the same
people that are there now. And speaking of the people still
on the job, what
about the FBI, take a look at how they "handled"
translations, a whistleblower, and security...not well at
all, it is a good read. (see:
http://www.observer.com/pages/frontpage1.asp from 1/26/04)
(new
link) (020204h) Yay, the stupor bowl is here, but this anti bush add
won't be aired: it
is zinger, but understated, perhaps And then, in
the more than you'll need to know category, here are several
stories behind that story: 1) "Who's
Buying What At the Super Bowl," Ad Age, 1/20/04
(new
link, subscription site) (020204i) 2)
"Democrats
Fold on 39% TV Cap Fight", Broadcasting and Cable,
1/21/04 (new
link) (020204j) 3)
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(new
link) (020204k) 4)"New
Media Campaign Stresses Link between Drugs and Terrorism,"
U.S. Dept. of State (new
link) (020204l) Then, perhaps this, a littel comment on how our media
helped us mispercieve the Iraq war, how nice of them, and,
just for us!
"Misperceptions, the Media and the Iraq War," PIPA/Knowledge
Networks Poll (020204m) England: Is
this a swan song for British investigative
journalism? (020204n) May well be. And so sealing
one of the last such major, world class sources which
challenge the Bush/Blair perspectives. Death and resignation
what could be more cheering? Here
is a bit more on that story, and I mean that, just a
bit. (020204o) And then the bigger picture, most
people believe the
Hutton report was a whitewash and that the truth was not
found, and soooo... the battle may not be over.
(020204p) Wow, talk about kizmet, from The
Scottsman, this article detailing the criticism that
England's intelligence community had for the way their data
was treated, or mistreated (020204q) yet the
Blair story continues and the people remain uninformed, not
unlike what we have over here...Where is Frodo? "Waalp, da'man hissef', Lawd Hutton, be speekin'an' he
be a doin what he dun been tol' Ah
gess. He be sayin' dat duh BBC's stowree did not check out,
wahl suh, dere warnt no attum boms in Iraq were dere? So
whudda bou' massuh Blair's stowree?
(020204r) Iraq: And it all comes back to the WMD, which
the chief inspector, or rather the former chief inspector,
has said there ain't any. (new
link) (020204s) Going a bit further this story
shows how Tony Blair is "in for a perfect storm" of
troubles, primarily
because of how England wound up going to war, could get
uglier and uglier. (020204t) Pakistan: Want to buy a bomb? Bomb parts? Plans? Whatever?
The
scientists and the government both blame each other for the
accumulating evidence that proliferation did occur from
Pakistan, does it matter? (020204u) What is on
the black market these days anyway? The Hope: Part of the USA Patriot Act has been declared
unconstitutional? Amazing!
Here is the story.(new
link) (020204v) The stuff that "happens" could be
hitting the fan, or
at least the stink is being circulated, check out Ellsberg
et al (new
link) (020204w) And here is some hint
that
republicans might be interested in ABB, anybody but
Bush, (020204x) so hope? We shall see.
NEW
YORK - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warns
against civil rights apathy (new
link) (020204y)
The Heinous Afghanistan: Here is a medium long article that provides
an
overview of what is happening in Afghanistan now, how our
policies are undermining our policies,
(new
link) (020704a) an accounting of the Talibans
comeback, and why there seems to be less order rather than
more. Why aren't more NATO troops there? We don't want them
to be. The window of opportunity is closing fast, adventures
surely seem to be in the future. Americana: How about that 9/11 commission, here
is the pooper scooper on Thomas Kean the chair. It seems he
has his own connections to Bush, natch, but also to Bin
Laden and others, (020704b) such as the notorious
BCCI an outlaw or renegade bank according to the US
government. And speaking of undermining: Mr.
Tenet says Iraq was not a threat. So
did Massuh Bush's own Mr. Kay. (new
link) (020704c) And guess what, someone is
writing a book,
here is an overview, on how the intel community is being set
up to take the hit. (020704d) It seems the same
might be said for Merry
Old England, they have the truth burbling out as
well. (new
link) (020704e) (new
link) (020704f) Lost
in all the primary election campaign's talk of the rights
and wrongs of war were the names and faces of the war
dead. (new
link) (020704g) "An' wha' de' hek don' dey jus'
git riduh dem votin mashines, dose computers dey stupid'"
Yes
in Alameda we found another case of votes leaking from one
candidate to another. Yikes! (new
link) (020704h) "Ah, jes lub dat budget o' Massuh Bush! He be leabin'
out da best, lak Iraq, Afghanistan and Ah no' dat dey be
costin' dose big bucks, yassuh." No
Iraq/Afghanistan monies in budget? (new
link) (020704i) "Dat O'l presydink Bush, he be fly'in in dem jets an'
stuff, but he went AWOL jes lak ma frend's daddy, 'sept he
gotta load of it now, been in da' pen for de longes',
yassuh. But
dis heyah news man, Peter Jennings. he don' no wha's done
been in da news fo' de' longest" (new
link) (020704j) Two House Democrats added to the pressure on Justice
Antonin Scalia to withdraw from a pending Supreme Court case
involving Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday,
saying
a recent duck hunting trip the justice took with Cheney
posed the same kind of conflict of interest that had forced
an Arkansas judge who was a friend of President Clinton to
withdraw from a 1995 case.(new
link) (020704k) How
Global Warming May Cause the Next Ice Age
(new
link) (020704l) While global warming is being
officially ignored by the political arm of the Bush
administration, and Al Gore's recent conference on the topic
during one of the coldest days of recent years provided joke
fodder for conservative talk show hosts, the citizens of
Europe and the Pentagon are taking a new look at the
greatest danger such climate change could produce for the
northern hemisphere. "Den, dat wiley ol' massuh Bush he be beatin' roun'
hissef, cuz he be lie'in 'bout jus' why we done hab dat big
baaaad deffysit, yassuh." The
source of the "revelation is the CBO, Congressional Budget
Office. Well...well...well.(new
link) (020704m)
What I gotta say: is this, if Pakistan acknowledges
nuclear hanky panky that is one thing,
but a small story out of china seems likely to be as
worrying. But then
what does Iran plus nuclear bomb production add up to?
Beauty might, it seem, still be in the eye of the
beholder.(new
link) (021504a) Meanwhile
here is a look at how the US military, large as it is, is
being stretched thin, "like to little butter over hot
toast" (new
link) (020704b) Last, I recall that war was to be a last resort, is
this why we had a spy operation to undermine last ditch
efforts by our allies to avert war with Iraq? Read
it all here in the Observer. (020704c) The Heinous Afghanistan: The Post says investigators
have phone logs (new
link) (020704d) "indicating that several White
House officials talked to columnist Robert D. Novak shortly
before" he penned his article officially outing the CIA
agent. The Times says some in the White House have
been informed that they're "subjects"
of the investigation. (Apparently, that's a legal
term meant to suggest you're in deeper water than a
"witness" but less than a "target.") (new
link) (020704e) Americana: In
the "run up to the war the CIA was loudly and publicly
criticized for downplaying the Iraqi threat, now that their
downplaying has been verified "on the ground" they are being
criticized for being to "gung ho" and giving Bush intel that
caused us to go to war. (new
link) (020704f) You cannot have it both ways,
and, either way, "Bush be lookin' baaaad." And in Bush's own
words,
on Meet The Press, he tries to change what he said before
the war, Kerry lambastes him about it.
(new
link) (0207204g) I have not mentioned it recently but a wonderful
little story says it all in a nutshell, Clinton and Bush
both had "problems with the draft for the Vietnam
war"
yet Clinton has 13,000 media references and Bush has 50. I
guess that is a fair and balanced media? (new
link) (020704h) American Elections, (not Selection): A friend of mine advises: keep the Republican's three
lock plan in mind: Lock #1: The Bushies will outspend the
Democratic ticket two or three to one, Lock #2: the grip on
"US mainstream news media" is like an abused spouse, she'll
make excuses for the batterer and take him back, Lock #3:
black box voting is not as far along as they would want it
to be (thanks to world-class information security experts,
the Information Rebellion sites and the work of Bev Harris),
but is still a factor in some key states and cannot be
underestimated (just ask former Senator Max Cleland
D-Georgia) And,
speaking of Georgia, on my mind, Die Bold eVoting takes a
beating even as time and "progress marcheth onward...no on
wants a double dutch dixiecrat it would seem.
(020704i) Maybe
the 9/11 commission is buckin' up? They are using the
Subpoena word. Maybe
the Plame case will "flame on" (020704j) and that
would be a tasty dish to set before the man who would be
king. From
Deserter to Commander-in-Chief By WILLIAM D. McTAVISH
(new
link) (020704k) As Campaign 2004 continues to
heat up, will Georgie Porgie Puddin' and Pie ever come under
public scrutiny for what he did or did not do while avoiding
Vietnam? And
Georgie he keeps sayin' he did the right thing during
Vietnam, he's released his records, and his papers are in
order, are they? Well, once we see them we can find that
out. (new
link) (020704l) Sounds like he served no? Then
there is more, a Mr.
Burkett says, the National Guard had "cleaned up" the
records of Massuh Bush right quick like. And, if
you want to hear
about how he boasted he "got away" with drunk driving,
overindulgence, and more, read this article covering him
circa 1972.(020704m) And
just a bit more (020704n) in case you have some
doubt left. This
here article focuses on his lack of medical examination
which was the cause for him being grounded.
(020704o) And the stories just keep on a commin' down the
pike, this
one covers what should have happened when he was grounded,
meaning an investigation, which was not done,
oops. (new
link) (020704p) Ecology: Yes well, all that is well and good but since when is
weather change a national security issue? Since
we have some evidence that the transition period between
normal and "ice age" can be as brief as ten
years, even three according other
articles.(new
link) (020704q) Iraq: But when it came to UN voting on the war,
the British and we did do our homework, even if it might
have been illegal. (020704r) One other thing, before we went into Iraq we did not
do our homework,
a National Intelligence Estimate, NIE, is standard, but, of
course, we did not do one OK, well we did, kind
of (020704s) Pakistan: It seems that Bush and others in our government and
the media were surprised that Pakistan had a "nuclear"
bazzar" goin' on. But they needn't have been so
shocked,
Bush called of the investigation into Khan in 2001 because
of Saudi involvement and they were untouchable.
And
recent events make Musharraf more of a target. My
question is what might happen if he is assassinated?
(new
link) (020704t) Cheney's Staff Focus of Probe By Richard Sale: Federal
law-enforcement officials have developed hard evidence of
possible
criminal misconduct by two employees of Vice President Dick
Cheney's office related to the exposure of a CIA officer's
identity. (new
link) (020704u)
What I gotta say: Max Cleland, a former senator from
Georgia, and Vietnam vet, who was horribly wounded there and
who recently lost his seat to a republican campaign which
challenged his patriotism, heard this: "If Cleland had
dropped a grenade on himself at Fort Dix rather than in
Vietnam, he would never have been a U.S. Senator in the
first place. Maybe he'd be the best pharmacist in Atlanta."
from Ann Coulter. He
had a reply for her, and here is the
story.(022504a) Then there is this, a must read primer: How
Bush et al use, misuse or abuse science, scientists, the
EPA, and other agencies to mislead, lie, or discredit the
ecological bad news that seems to going mostly under
reported or unheard.(022504b) And this story, related to the one above:
The
Pentagon knows that ecological emergencies may
emerge.(022504c) The Heinous Americana: Bush, who has never really been in combat
speaks
well and loudly about how he cares for our fighting men and
women, but quietly demonstrates the opposite, earning the
ire of veteran's groups. (new
link) (022504d) (new
link) (022504e, about 10th link down ) Here we see an overview of how
we went about bogging ourselves down in Iraq, having an
unraveling web of deceit and PR, and damaging the intel
community such that we may only be able to get faulty intel
in the near term, (new
link) (022504f)"Oh what a tangled web,"
indeed! I have included stories about Karen Kwiatkowski before
and though you should be hearing what she has to say, you
won't, unless you scour alternative news sources.
A
conservative, she was appalled by what Cheney and Rummy et
al did with the intel in the "run up" to the war.
(022504g) American Elections, (not Selection): The
bank of England may not want to have John Kerry as
president, they have a gripe with him, (022504h)
it seems he talked up their BCCI fiasco which cost many,
many people their life's savings...shades of Enron et
al. Speaking
of dirty, we have Kerry's response to the republican's
trashing of his war record, and other juicy items,
ironic that chicken hawks deride veterans, is it
not? (new
link) (022504i) Related to the election is that humongous albatross of
Haliburton that hangs around Cheney's neck, who in turn is a
fat albatross himself for Georgie boy. If
voters ever "get" this story Bush will be dragged along to
the trash heap of history, maybe he'll even be tried for his
willful incompetence? Not! (022504k) Nor do I think the MEDIA's impression of his recent
trip to the Daytona 500 showed the true feelings of those
present, I
mean they were flipping off the prez, and by the hundreds
and thousands? Whoopsie Daisy... (022504l) Could
it be that his economics
figures and predictions, plain and simply, suck canal water
through a dirty IV? (022504m) Iraq: Soldiers die daily. The numbers reported as totals in
the papers vary widely from 375 to near twice that. How hard
can such accounting be. I note that we do not hear of the
number of wounded, or disabled for service. Meanwhile
the Kurds are up and at it again, they want to keep their
"army" up and running, they don't trust us, I wonder
why? (022504n) Suicide amongst our soldiers in Iraq? Haven't heard
about it you say? Nor
are you likely to at the rate the official report is being
produced, or is it? (new
link) (022504o) You know while the UN inspectors in Iraq, before Gulf
War Two, were complaining that they were being sent on "wild
goose chases" for weapons sites and the press was nay saying
"the very idea" we
find that the CIA did withhold information from the
inspectors. (new
link) (022504p)What a mess. And Iraqi "head man"
Chalabi takes a lesson from Cheney and Haliburton, 400 mil
just happens to be headed to friends
(new
link) (022504q). Dem
dere Kurds, dey be wanstin dere own lan'. Dey be wanstin
t'hab dere own gum'mint, yassuh, an' dat massuh Bush he be
not likin' it one bit, betcha dats
so.(new
link) (022504r) How
about a comparison between the "Suez crisis" and Iraq?
Interesting speculations, and how Tony Blair gets
trashed in the bargain, not that it matters to America's
lead attack dog.(022504s) Its the MEDIA STUPID: Here we have the Vice
President being called a liar in public to millions and a
strong implication that the president is also caught up in a
lie, well, that should be newsworthy, but not in the "US of
good old A" (022504t) And just for good measure the Ann Coulter/Max Cleland
story, not being played, Ann
strongly implied that Max injured himself and is not
therefore a hero, the officer who ordered Max on the mission
in question responds. (022504u) Kerry has a lot to be concerned with we hear how
big
coverage is given to what amounts to a lie, "a relationship
with an intern" and when the woman and her father bring up
the truth of the matter, well, it is stuffed
inside, it is S.O.P. in the US and England now a
daze (022504v) Also, not in the news: We keep hearing about nuclear
material, Highly Enriched Uranium, HEU, there is a story
that reports
we have a lot to worry about, a few thousand Kilograms.
Enough for real bombs, dirty bombs, whatever. So we ARE
working on this aren't we? (022504w) (new link)
(022504z) The problem started with the
Atoms for Peace program (022504x) back in the
1950's and
here is the audit that gives the sad picture
(This is a link to the last pages of the report
referenced in the last link) 911/Investigation: Here are a few of the questions people would like to
ask those in charge on 9/11. You
read all 22 and tell me if they ain't just some "hot damn"
kind o' humdingers.(new
link) (022504y)
2/7/04
2/15/04
2/25/04
3/02/04 What I gotta say: Can there be hope? Can there? This
article from Mother Jones details the
travails that even Bush's 150 million in campaign funds
might not be able to ease. Even, dast I say it, the press is
becoming "a bit uppity" treating the presidents spokes
person Mclellan that 'a ways. (030204a) Let
us not forget the Valerie Plame affair.(new link)
(030204b1) How many people work in the White House, how many
of them had access to the vital info, how long should it
take to do a check of the well kept phone records? So why
the LONG LONG delay in finding out whodunnit? Meanwhile genocide rages on in Sudan, not a part of
its ongoing civil war, but
a new confrontation in which "blacks", as they are being
called, are slaughtered. (new
link) (030204b) I mention this and remind you
about what is happening in Haiti, because, if we were not so
preoccupied, we'd be making a difference in these two
situations. But we can't, because, well we have a bumbling
fool in charge. C'est la vie. The Heinous America: Pretty hairy insinuation: The doctor believes that
what has been found is that a genetically modified strain of
corn, the corn's DNA has been combined with that of some
virus, has quite possibly recombined with natural viruses to
create new hybrid viruses with unpredictable
characteristics. If
confirmed, this could suggest that they could cause new
diseases. (030204c) Doonesbury
offers 10,000 dollars to anyone who can prove that Bush
served in Alabama. (030204d) I up the ante, I
would like to do the same, except I'd like to see published
photographic proof of plane wreckage at the pentagon on
9/11. Where is the beef? I mean that place has 24/7
automatic camera survelliance...so where are the
pics? Well
Greenspan says it best: we have to adjust Social Security so
it does not cost so much, we have to raise retirement ages,
cut benefits and, whoa baby, trim the deficit....that is
when I started laughing, (new
link) (030204e) I stopped when I realized ...
I'll be retiring AFTER the shit hits the fan in 2008
... The election, not selection: Here is an article about
Republican Military Veterans against Bush,
(030204f) amazing but true.How to run a press
conference
Quid Pro Quo (030204g) While the manufacturing job count seems to be going
down Bush has found a way to "fix the stats" he believes
that flipping burgers can be included in that job
count...interesting
thought but is it fair?. (new
link) (030204h) And what about the 9/11 commission? Bush says he is
very interested in cooperating, but
this story belies his public relations spinning of even the
basic facts.(new
link) (030204i) Speaking of LieBold, uh, I mean
Die Bold, they produce many kinds of machines, such as ATM
machines and all of these have "paper trails" so why is it
"so hard" to come up with a "paper trail for a voting
machine?" (030204j) Inquiring minds want to know.
Die
Bold's machines had last minute changes prior to Max
Cleland's defeat, what were they? (new
link) (030204k) England: Dat
dere UN has Massuh Tony Blair illin' cuz he done been
cotched big tahme by Mister Annan fo' liss'nin in,
eebsdropin' (new
link) (030204l) dey callz it in da spy
biznez...yassuh, Tony be freekt 'bout it sho'nuff.
And
here is the follow up, other nations may be involved as
well. (030204m) France's Chirac
was spied on for example, (new
link) (030204n) not good for Anglo-French
relations, n'est ce pas? A rogue operation no
doubt... Ecology: Under energy industry pressure, President Bush's EPA
plans to defer controls on mercury emissions by power plants
for at least a decade. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention estimate that 4.9 million women of childbearing
age in the U.S. -- that's 8 percent -- have unsafe levels of
mercury in their blood. The people hit hardest will be
newborn infants -- every year over 630,000 infants are born
with levels of mercury in their blood so high they can cause
brain damage. It's
time to tell the EPA and the White House that our kids come
first. (new
link) (020304o) and this older story,
"the
road to ruin" gives one an update on the reason for
environmental losses (020304p) Iraq: Dem
Durn Kurds, dey be wanstin' t'hab eberry thang a gummint kin
gib'em'. Dey be wantsin'dat dere freedom mo' and mo',
sho'nuf dey do, yassuh. (030204q) I wonder if you
can hear the detonations. Over in England it was revealed
that
the legality of the Iraq invasions was in question and their
military was unwilling to go in for fear of liability until
a Mr. Goldsmith told Tony Blair it was legal,
(030204r) turns out his decision was very last minute and
"inspired" by Mr. Blair's eloquence in the matter, no
doubt. Its the MEDIA STUPID: Dennis
Kucinich, running for president, but you'd hardly know it
from the coverage he gets, (030204s) I mean
Edwards gets a "publicity boost after making a good show,
but not so for Dennis, even when he placed second in Hawaii.
I guess that's one way of being "fair and balanced." And then there is this: Lifting
the Curtain on E-Voting (030204t) By Mark
Lewellen-Biddle and Danielle Taylor talking about how some
50 million voters might use some kind of "touchless" voting
system which has no trail, the media is not covering this
story, or its controversy. Pakistan: Well,
it looks as though the "official line" that rogue scientists
sold Pakistan's nuclear supplies and equipment undercover,
is simply not so (030204u) (new
link) (030204v) so why does the US, so determined
to halt proliferation, go easy on Pakistan, a proliferator?
Good questions with no answers as of yet
The Heinous 9-11 more than you want to know The 9/11 Truth Movement - No Easy Answer: Heroin, Al
Qaeda And The Florida Flight School By Sander Hicks
part
one here (new
link) (031004a) and here is part
two (new
link) (031004b) Believe me this is more than you
might want to read, drug smuggling into the USA by the
planeload? CIA operatives partying with Mohammed Atta? The
DEA busting the DEA operatives? Wild times at Ridgemont High
indeed! And
Mr. Kay wants Bush and company to come clean,
(031004c) fat chance of that, about 9/11. But it may
unravel
anyway if the commission begins to get some effective
backbone as it may be doing now. (new
link) (031004d) America: When republicans steal and get caught we hear things
like this, from
Alberto R. Gonzales, the White House counsel, asking if his
office received any of the stolen information: "I am not
aware of any credible allegation of White House involvement
in this matter. Consequently, there has been no White House
investigation or effort to determine whether anyone at the
White House was aware of or involved in these
activities." (new
link) (031004e) Haiti, news is that Aristide
is out, but just how he went might be in doubt,
(new
link) (031004f) does it matter? Here
is the story as New York times tells
it.(new
link) (031004g) Not that I agree or disagree with
them but
what here's what they say the next day.
(new
link) (031004h) Then this opinion piece that
mentions The
US put in place not only an aid embargo on Haiti, but just a
few other items as well. (new
link) (031004i) Election, not Selection: A quickie anyone? Some
real gaffe's by Cheney/Bush et al. as the article
rhetorically asks, "What do you have to do to get fired in
that organization?" to which the proper riposte is, "tell
the truth." (031004j) Interesting reading here, a
poll indicating that Bush leads in the "red" states and
Kerry is ahead in the "blue" states. (031004k)The
margin is not by much on either side to be sure but opinions
on issues seem to be dividing the nation just a bit
more. And here it is, the potential for a reprise of 2000
when Nader was a factor in shoe horning in Mr. Bush?
Here
are some poll numbers (new
link) (041004l) and an
analysis that is, perhaps, more hopeful sort of.
(031004m) Some do not like Bush's
use of 9/11 as a backdrop for his commercials, firefighters
for example (new
link) (031004n). Seems like some
say it is a "slap in the face" in the New York Daily
News. (031004o) Here is a follow up, see what
they're saying: this
flap, the current blip on the election's radar
screen.(031004p) If he just hadn't said, in Jan
2003 he
had "no ambition whatsoever to use this as a political
issue. (new
link) (031004q) We should change that "Got Milk" ad to "Got
Jobs?" the numbers are, to say the least,
disappointing.(new
link) (031104r) Environment: Cook
books are for the kitchen, not for altering scientific data
concerning various matters, but Bush, it seems, would
disagree with that. (031004s) Here is
another
article that goes into detail, covering the same
ground. Life is not the same in the "Petticoat Junction" world
and will the world of "Oklahoma" still be with us in later
years, not
if Bush can give away first. (new
link) (031004t) Iraq: Some
brief facts found in this article: (new
link) (031004u) tens of thousands of Iranian Shia
pilgrims cross the Iraqi border each day, and we worry that
Syria is infiltrating, we supported both sides in the Iran
Iraq war, our toppling of Saddam has helped the Shias in
both countries to schmooze up to each other, it goes on and
on.... sounds like we had a play, to assist our
enemies? Just
a comparison of Vietnam and Iraq. (031004v) Bush
doesn't like such comparisons, because he says we didn't
explain our mission in Vietnam, nor did we have an exit
strategy...well... I, for one, am waiting for just exactly
those two things. Well, is it OMG time yet? (Oh my God!) Probably not,
223
Iraqi's Shia's today make the point, if anyone is
listening.
(031004w) But similar events
in Pakistan give pause, (031004x) is a larger
problem evolving? From the NYT we hear some interesting
opinions, that being that there is now more reason than ever
for the two
main branches of Islam to duke it out, in Iraq for starters
and then, in other places. (031004y) And the person standing accused of the Iraqi killings,
a Musab
Zarqawi, is some one we've known, had targeted, but man, he
must be lucky, because when we had him in our sights we did
not pull the trigger, a few times.
(031004z) And
from The Nation a reporter who has visited with resistance
and US troops. (031004z1)Sometimes getting to
close blurs the facts, as does being to far away. Clarity,
reason, and solutions are the things most in short supply it
seems. Some
speculation as to civil war's likelihood,
(new
link) (031004z2) Want to know what the discontented soldier's view is?
Read
this interview with an anonymous
soldier.(031004z3) Iran: Inquiring minds want to know: Why
does Iran state, and publicly, that they should be invited
to join the "nuclear club?" Does this mean that
they already have nukes? Does it mean they are determined to
get them? Is it another move in a game without clues or
logic? (031004z4) Its the MEDIA STUPID: Well God bless America, if it isn't Howard Stern, the
Jerk-Off Jockey, being pinned to the wall for criticizing
Bush while others get shit-canned into Limbo-land. Man,
Clear
Channel yanks the chain and we all get flushed. Read it,
while you can, and weep.(031004z5) Muddle East: I haven't had a lot in this category that isn't Iraq,
but
this story has Israeli troops, "surprised" by the return
fire from Palestinians, and withdrawing without making any
arrests, The start of something new?
(031004z6)
The Washington Post has a nice article, where in,
toward the end,
we hear evidence supporting Aristide's claim that he was
"put out" by the US, that the "uprising" was also a "put up
job." (new
link) (031604a) Wahl suh, how dat man be lie'in through his teef,
yassuh! Dat stumble bum we call a presydink he be sayin you
gotta' have facts, well suh, he don' be doin' as he be
preachin' President Bush attacked his opponents today, saying,
"If
you're going to make an accusation, you ought to back it up
with facts" (1) But on everything from the
economy to national security, this high standard stands in
sharp contrast to the president's own
behavior.(new
link) (031604b) (1) On Iraq, President Bush said before the war that
Iraq "recently
sought significant quantities of uranium from
Africa" (2) despite the CIA
previously warning the White House not to make this
factually inaccurate statement (new
link) (for one and two: 031604b1) (3). He also
said there was "no
doubt the Iraqi regime continues to possess the most lethal
weapons ever devised" (new
link) (031604b2) (4) despite receiving repeated
warnings that
there was little hard evidence Iraq possessed weapons of
mass destruction after 1991 (new
link) (031604b3) (5). He
even said that "we found the weapons of mass destruction"
when none had been found (6). (new
link) (031604b4) On economic policy, President Bush said that, with his
tax plan, "by
far the vast majority of the help goes to the people at the
bottom end of the economic ladder." (7) In fact,
according to Congress' bipartisan Joint Committee on
Taxation, households making less than $40,000 - roughly the
bottom half of the economic ladder - would receive only 10
percent of Bush's income tax cut.(new
link) (for number 7: 031604b5) The
9/11campain advertisements still generate heat for the
prezidink.(031604c) What big news carrier carries
the story? None....Then there is the crusading heroine from
Seattle, or rather of Renton, Bev Harris. If you want to
know about Black Box Voting, she is the expert, she has been
campaining, she is the point source for the basics,
here
is her story, (031604d) And
another Die Bold, "black box" voting story...cheating is
possible, so, there fore is influencing an
election.(031604e) Environment: A follow up story about the effect of global warming
on what we called the "Gulf Stream" when I was growing up.
Some
evidence now exists that we've been effecting it ... ice age
anyone? (031604f) Speaking of that story, here
is some corroboration and an indication that we may have
already gone too far and that the damages will become more
and more apparant even as we fiddle
away.(031604g) Iraq: The inside scoop, from Karen
Kwiatkowski, on how the systems used to balance intelligence
squeezed to extract the "needed conclusion of going to
war. (031604h) Then there is another side
let
the blame game begin, what happened to the original intel on
Iraq? (031604i) Inquiring minds want to know...
But you know the intel community was not the only one,
the
MEDIA STUPID played it's role all to well, can anyone spell
"suck up" out there? (031604j)
The Heinous: If you want
to know how much the war is costing, check out the
numbers. Then there are several reports on the following story,
Al
Qaida acquiring nuclear devices. (new
link) (032804a) Who knows if it is true, the
article states there's evidence of their interest, that they
have the money, that Pakistan and others sold information
and parts and pieces ... so ... is anyone worried? Doesn't
seem like it. Then
too, we have our own terrorists, homegrown, who seem quite
capable of hell raising. (032804b) What with a
half million rounds of ammunition, and cyanide bombs
The
Texas Terrorists. (032804c) Environment: Usually I've talked about global warming and sometimes
pollution, but here is something else,
extinction. This article illuminates some evidence that we
may be heading for a sixth "die off." But it will
be the first with an "organic", meaning human, cause, how
wunnerful.(031604d) Did
Bush take Al Qaida seriously when he came to office; some
think not. (032804e) Iraq: The president
of Poland admits, publicly, that he was mislead into the
war. (031604f) An
Italian minister says the same thing.
(031604g) Meanwhile
an up tick in sectarian violence? It cannot be good, no one
"official" wants it, (031604h) but it it
troubling none the less. And speaking of violence here is a
postcard
from Baghdad, sounds like progress?
(new
link) (031604h1) Iraq/Israel: These
two conflicts are inextricably intertwined now, complicating
both. (031604i) It seems the spheres of influence
are at a confluence and the friction is bound to burn, a
watershed moment, this! Senator
Rockefeller says his vote on Iraq was wrong, intelligence
was shaped, that the whole thing is a sham, and that the
resistance is home grown. (new
link) (031604j) By the way he is a Republican,
ouchee on Mr. Bush. Its the MEDIA STUPID: Here
is a take on Richard Clarke's revelations and hints of how
the "objective" media will cover him and his
story. (new
link) (031604k) I have heard of "talking points" but not "laughing
points" Seems
the president thinks the search for WMD is
"funny." (new
link) (031604l) Pakistan: Apparenttly
there might be more to the current conflict than meets they
eye, of course the press is being removed from the areas of
conflict so we can't be sure (new
link) (031604m) There are indications of a spread
in the fighting, cracks in the Pakistan military, and the
inexorable pressure from the US. Could it be a recipe for
disaster? 9/11 commission: Max Cleland tells it like it is. Bush
et al had plenty of information about Al Qaida, George Tenet
said numerous times that "We are at war with
them." (031604n) But did we protect ourselves?
Nada, zip, nix, nyet, nein, nope. Do we have a dope on a
rope for a presydink or what? Speakin' o' de presydink, whom we dowun heyah call de
boss'm Bush: he be dat lie - in - est! Dat sho'nuf de truf,
bee-leeb-you me! Ony TWO out of 100 meetings dedicated to
terrorism? That sounds like "top priority" to me?
Read
the story and check the links. (new
link) (031604o: read about 1/3 the way down, the
other stories aren't bad either.) As to the notion that we had: "... no warning."
See
the deconstruction of this myth.
(031604p)
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