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LONDON -- As one who once wrote a book titled "The Golden Age Is
in Us," I took myself off on a Saturday to see Paradise, an exhibition at
the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square. The traveling show had already
been shown in Bristol and Newcastle, attracting 160,000 people, apparently
double what they would have expected normally in those galleries. People
want to know the lineaments of paradise, whose earthly possibilities
utopians used to spend much time usefully describing, though not much
anymore.
The show turned out to be patchy, with the curator scraping together a show from available ingredients, such as a Boucher, a Gauguin, a Constable, a Monet, a Rothko, a couple of Renaissance paintings and so forth. But making my visit entirely worthwhile was one marvelous painting, one of Stanley Spencer's Cookham paintings about the Last Judgment, done in 1934. It shows a dustman resurrected in his beefy wife's arms, she in "ecstatic communion with the dustman's corduroy trousers," as Spencer put it. Other dustmen and women, plus a cat, surround the couple.
The show turned out to be patchy, with the curator scraping together a show from available ingredients, such as a Boucher, a Gauguin, a Constable, a Monet, a Rothko, a couple of Renaissance paintings and so forth. But making my visit entirely worthwhile was one marvelous painting, one of Stanley Spencer's Cookham paintings about the Last Judgment, done in 1934. It shows a dustman resurrected in his beefy wife's arms, she in "ecstatic communion with the dustman's corduroy trousers," as Spencer put it. Other dustmen and women, plus a cat, surround the couple.
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George W. Bush's grandfather helped finance the Nazi Party. Karl Rove's grandfather allegedly helped run the Nazi Party, and helped build the Birkenau Death Camp. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Austrian father volunteered for the infamous Nazi SA and became a ranking officer.
Together, they have destabilized California and are on the brink of bringing it a new Reich. With the Schwarzenegger candidacy they have laid siege to America's largest state, lining it up for the 2004 election.
George W. Bush's grandfather helped finance the Nazi Party. Karl Rove's grandfather allegedly helped run the Nazi Party, and helped build the Birkenau Death Camp. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Austrian father volunteered for the infamous Nazi SA and became a ranking officer.
Together, they have destabilized California and are on the brink of bringing it a new Reich. With the Schwarzenegger candidacy they have laid siege to America's largest state, lining it up for the 2004 election.
It does appear that some apologies may be in order ... my transmitting to
several lists the Al Martin "Raw" allegation that Karl Rove is the grandson
of the Nazi-era Gauleiter of Oldenburg was certainly premature, and I do
very sincerely apologize for it.
Historian and scholar Michael Rademacher of Germany is the author of a book about Roever. His statement here makes it very unlikely that Roever's recognized or traceable descendants include a grandson.
What we have here is apparently a similarity in name only. My own research also uncovered the fact that Rove is a name known in Scandinavia.
Historian and scholar Michael Rademacher of Germany is the author of a book about Roever. His statement here makes it very unlikely that Roever's recognized or traceable descendants include a grandson.
What we have here is apparently a similarity in name only. My own research also uncovered the fact that Rove is a name known in Scandinavia.
Just read your article on commondreams.org and am already trembling in my
boots thinking of the bad times descending upon California.
By the way, a bunch of 'progressive intellectuals' doing such an exhaustive research should have figured out how to spell 'Sieg Heil'.
Keep on dreaming....
Frank Hummel
Toronto, Canada
[Ed Note: Fitrakis and Wasserman are playing with words.]
By the way, a bunch of 'progressive intellectuals' doing such an exhaustive research should have figured out how to spell 'Sieg Heil'.
Keep on dreaming....
Frank Hummel
Toronto, Canada
[Ed Note: Fitrakis and Wasserman are playing with words.]
The Recent Counterpunch story is fantastic! Listening to Working Assets this
morning, only reinforces that. Am sending the link to ask many people as I
can.
Best, Michelle Sura
Columnist, Bolinas Hearsay News
Best, Michelle Sura
Columnist, Bolinas Hearsay News
George W. Bush’s grandfather helped finance the Nazi Party. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Austrian father volunteered for the infamous Nazi SA and became a ranking officer. And Karl Rove can’t hide his joy at witnessing “a Nazi rally” in support of Bush.
Together, they have destabilized California and are on the brink of bringing it a new Reich. With the Schwarzenegger candidacy they have laid siege to America’s largest state, lining it up for the 2004 presidential election.
The Bush family’s ties to the Nazi party are well known. In their 1994 book Secret War Against the Jews, Mark Aarons and John Loftus use official U.S. documents to establish that George Herbert Walker, George W. Bush’s great-grandfather, was one of Hitler’s most important early backers. He funneled money to the rising young fascist through the Union Banking Corporation.
Together, they have destabilized California and are on the brink of bringing it a new Reich. With the Schwarzenegger candidacy they have laid siege to America’s largest state, lining it up for the 2004 presidential election.
The Bush family’s ties to the Nazi party are well known. In their 1994 book Secret War Against the Jews, Mark Aarons and John Loftus use official U.S. documents to establish that George Herbert Walker, George W. Bush’s great-grandfather, was one of Hitler’s most important early backers. He funneled money to the rising young fascist through the Union Banking Corporation.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is an authoritarian serial sex fiend and Rush Limbaugh
is a drug-addicted racist, and neither one of them is fit to govern.
And for these two role models of the American right, what goes around, comes around.
For California voters, there should be only one overriding question about someone's candidacy for governor: how would she or he handle the job?
But with Arnold, it's not so simple.
For starters, there's no indication he knows anything about running a government. His one memorable advocacy position has been for the termination of the state's Environmental Protection Agency. He originally said it duplicated the fine job being done by George W. Bush's national EPA. But he's since backed off.
Otherwise, Arnold's sworn his love for de-regulating the industries that fund the Republican party. That brave stance is underscored by his Chief Advisor, Pete Wilson. As governor in 1996, Wilson signed the infamous AB1890 utility deregulation bill that destabilized the state to the tune of $100 billion.
And for these two role models of the American right, what goes around, comes around.
For California voters, there should be only one overriding question about someone's candidacy for governor: how would she or he handle the job?
But with Arnold, it's not so simple.
For starters, there's no indication he knows anything about running a government. His one memorable advocacy position has been for the termination of the state's Environmental Protection Agency. He originally said it duplicated the fine job being done by George W. Bush's national EPA. But he's since backed off.
Otherwise, Arnold's sworn his love for de-regulating the industries that fund the Republican party. That brave stance is underscored by his Chief Advisor, Pete Wilson. As governor in 1996, Wilson signed the infamous AB1890 utility deregulation bill that destabilized the state to the tune of $100 billion.
Coalition Insists that Windmills Outrank Missiles
The Vandenberg Action Coalition in cooperation with the Global Network Against Weapons in Space is preparing to demonstrate at the Vandenberg Gate on Saturday, October 11th, at 2:00 pm. This is the first demonstration to demand the conversion of Vandenberg to a center for the improvement and use of sustainable energy technologies.
October 4-11 is Keep Space for Peace Week: International Days of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space. Vandenberg is not only the main test site for the Missile Defense System, it is a major center for directing weapons to their targets around the world and has the announced goal of the complete domination of space.
Many billions of taxpayer dollars have not produced a workable system. In fact, all of the proposed systems are behind schedule and and in trouble. Yet the Bush administration has requested over $9 billion for FY'04 to start building this unproved system.
The Vandenberg Action Coalition in cooperation with the Global Network Against Weapons in Space is preparing to demonstrate at the Vandenberg Gate on Saturday, October 11th, at 2:00 pm. This is the first demonstration to demand the conversion of Vandenberg to a center for the improvement and use of sustainable energy technologies.
October 4-11 is Keep Space for Peace Week: International Days of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space. Vandenberg is not only the main test site for the Missile Defense System, it is a major center for directing weapons to their targets around the world and has the announced goal of the complete domination of space.
Many billions of taxpayer dollars have not produced a workable system. In fact, all of the proposed systems are behind schedule and and in trouble. Yet the Bush administration has requested over $9 billion for FY'04 to start building this unproved system.
NEW YORK CITY -- Are you confused yet? Two weeks ago, President
Bush said, "There's no question that Saddam Hussein had Al Qaeda ties." In
September 2002, he said, "You can't distinguish between Al Qaeda and
Saddam." But Bush also said two weeks ago, "We have no evidence that Saddam
Hussein was involved with the Sept. 11."
That helpful clarification came after Vice President Dick Cheney was asked on "Meet the Press" why he thought 70 percent of Americans believe Saddam was behind Sept. 11. "It's not surprising that people make that connection," said the veep. Back in 2001, Cheney had said it was "pretty well confirmed" that Iraq and the Sept. 11 hijackers had coordinated. But most recently he said, "I don't know" if Saddam was connected to Sept. 11.
That helpful clarification came after Vice President Dick Cheney was asked on "Meet the Press" why he thought 70 percent of Americans believe Saddam was behind Sept. 11. "It's not surprising that people make that connection," said the veep. Back in 2001, Cheney had said it was "pretty well confirmed" that Iraq and the Sept. 11 hijackers had coordinated. But most recently he said, "I don't know" if Saddam was connected to Sept. 11.
I haven't spoken to a progressive, a liberal, yet who has not told me that he or she loves Kucinich, that Dennis is hands down the first democratic candidate choice. But then I hear the story-- "he doesn't have a chance.." "there's no hope..."
My reply is: "That's what they all said about Dean six months ago."
I can live with Dean. He's a good guy. But I am not ready to give up on Dennis Kucinich. On issue after issue, Kucinich has the right policies, the right answers and perhaps most important, the right history.
He'll take the US out of the World Trade Organization as soon as he's elected. He'll cancel the tax breaks Bush handed over to the wealthy. He'll cancel NAFTA. He'll start a department of peace.
Now the right wingers laugh at the idea of a department of peace. But then there's Maslow's widely cited saying,
"If you all you have is a hammer, then everything is a nail."
My reply is: "That's what they all said about Dean six months ago."
I can live with Dean. He's a good guy. But I am not ready to give up on Dennis Kucinich. On issue after issue, Kucinich has the right policies, the right answers and perhaps most important, the right history.
He'll take the US out of the World Trade Organization as soon as he's elected. He'll cancel the tax breaks Bush handed over to the wealthy. He'll cancel NAFTA. He'll start a department of peace.
Now the right wingers laugh at the idea of a department of peace. But then there's Maslow's widely cited saying,
"If you all you have is a hammer, then everything is a nail."