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Unpopularity of US attack on Iraq notwithstanding, this war will go down in history as recrudescence of dangerous precedent of preemptive strike-- a norm in medieval time when fittest and strong never felt shy of devouring weak on one or other excuse.
However, fallout of this war were immediate for South Asia—home of two third world nuclear powers, India and Pakistan, who have fought three full scale wars in their half a century life, two among exclusively on Kashmir. Subsequently the most outstanding issue among the two countries remains of that of Kashmir--a sparsely populated, Muslim majority sate in northern India.
What now is feared most is that if the stage were set for another round, as it is not very unlikely in the given mood and geo-political setting, it would be nuclear one. That is why people in region or around the world want both countries to sit and talk peace.
However, fallout of this war were immediate for South Asia—home of two third world nuclear powers, India and Pakistan, who have fought three full scale wars in their half a century life, two among exclusively on Kashmir. Subsequently the most outstanding issue among the two countries remains of that of Kashmir--a sparsely populated, Muslim majority sate in northern India.
What now is feared most is that if the stage were set for another round, as it is not very unlikely in the given mood and geo-political setting, it would be nuclear one. That is why people in region or around the world want both countries to sit and talk peace.
BOISE, Idaho -- When last we left the saga of Texas' few living
elected Democrats, they had fled the state pursued by minions of the law --
legislators on the lam. These courageous citizens, fleeing vile Republican
oppression in their state capital, took refuge at the Holiday Inn in
Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Reporters embedded with the law-breaker law-makers in Ardmore say the perps remain unrepentant.
Meanwhile, back at the capitol, mighty was the wrath of the Republicans left holding session without a quorum. Bills died by the dozens as the lawmakers wanted by the law bollixed up the legislative works (bills not passed through second reading as of May 15 die automatically, a bit of legislative process the fleeing Dems cunningly used to their advantage).
Gov. Goodhair Perry, who keeps saying he wants more civility and bipartisanship, denounced the AWOL solons as "cowardly," childish" and "irresponsible." It was a bad day for bipartisanship.
Reporters embedded with the law-breaker law-makers in Ardmore say the perps remain unrepentant.
Meanwhile, back at the capitol, mighty was the wrath of the Republicans left holding session without a quorum. Bills died by the dozens as the lawmakers wanted by the law bollixed up the legislative works (bills not passed through second reading as of May 15 die automatically, a bit of legislative process the fleeing Dems cunningly used to their advantage).
Gov. Goodhair Perry, who keeps saying he wants more civility and bipartisanship, denounced the AWOL solons as "cowardly," childish" and "irresponsible." It was a bad day for bipartisanship.
Some politicians are still attempting to use last summer's forest fires for
political advantage. Two House committees have approved a harmful anti-forests
bill sponsored by Rep. Scott McInnis (Colo.) and Rep. Greg Walden (Ore.) that
will provide more help to powerful timber companies than to communities at risk
from fires. The bill is expected to go before the full House soon.
Please take a moment to ask your representative to oppose the McInnis-Walden logging bill, misleadingly named the "Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003." Ask your representative to instead support the alternative sponsored by Rep. George Miller (Calif.).
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Please take a moment to ask your representative to oppose the McInnis-Walden logging bill, misleadingly named the "Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003." Ask your representative to instead support the alternative sponsored by Rep. George Miller (Calif.).
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Months before the United States military showered Iraq with bombs and missiles, the Department of Defense was secretly working with Vice President Dick Cheney’s old company, Halliburton Corp., on a deal that would give the world’s second largest oil services company total control over Iraq’s oil fields, according to interviews with Halliburton’s most senior executives.
Moreover, classified Halliburton documents obtained over the past month prove that the war in Iraq was as much about controlling the world’s second largest oil reserves as it did about overthrowing the regime of Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein.
The deal between the Department of Defense and Halliburton unit Kellogg, Brown & Root to operate Iraq’s oil industry, which was hatched as early as October 2002, according to the documents, and could ultimately be worth $7 billion, couldn’t have come at a better time for Halliburton.
Moreover, classified Halliburton documents obtained over the past month prove that the war in Iraq was as much about controlling the world’s second largest oil reserves as it did about overthrowing the regime of Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein.
The deal between the Department of Defense and Halliburton unit Kellogg, Brown & Root to operate Iraq’s oil industry, which was hatched as early as October 2002, according to the documents, and could ultimately be worth $7 billion, couldn’t have come at a better time for Halliburton.
There are so many smellier corpses in the New York Times'
mausoleum, not to mention that larger graveyard of truth known as the Fourth
Estate, that it's hard to get too upset about what Jayson Blair did. Oh, to
be sure, he made up a bunch of not very important stuff, and he's
embarrassed the hell out of his former colleagues and publisher.
But from all the editorial hand-wringing you'd think he'd undermined the very foundations of the Republic. It reminds me of a New York Times editorial back in 1982, commenting on what began with my own expose of Christopher Jones, a young man who had written an article in the New York Times magazine about a visit to Cambodia during which he claimed to have seen Pol Pot through binoculars.
In this same piece Jones made the mistake of plagiarizing an entire paragraph from Andre Malraux's novel "La Voie Royale," and I pointed this out in a column in the Village Voice, adding the obvious point that Jones' binoculars must have been extremely powerful to have allowed Jones to recognize Pol Pot, let alone describe his eyes as "dead and stony."
But from all the editorial hand-wringing you'd think he'd undermined the very foundations of the Republic. It reminds me of a New York Times editorial back in 1982, commenting on what began with my own expose of Christopher Jones, a young man who had written an article in the New York Times magazine about a visit to Cambodia during which he claimed to have seen Pol Pot through binoculars.
In this same piece Jones made the mistake of plagiarizing an entire paragraph from Andre Malraux's novel "La Voie Royale," and I pointed this out in a column in the Village Voice, adding the obvious point that Jones' binoculars must have been extremely powerful to have allowed Jones to recognize Pol Pot, let alone describe his eyes as "dead and stony."
AUSTIN, Texas -- They just went too far, that's all. This
session of the legislature has been as brutal, callous and indifferent to
the welfare of the weakest, the most frail, youngest and oldest Texans as it
is possible to get. The level of pure meanness is just stunning. They have
just gone too damn far.
The session was pretty well summed up by Rep. Senfronia Thompson when she illustrated what was going on by taking the House rulebook to the podium with her and dropping it on the floor. There is no rule of procedure, fairness, common sense or decency that has been observed by the Republican majority in the Texas House.
This is not about partisan politics -- although that has certainly reared its ugly head. In case you hadn't noticed, every major newspaper in this state has criticized the plans and performance of the legislature this session, often in harsh language. Those wild-eyed radicals at the Dallas Morning News and Houston Chronicle are just disgusted with the tacky display these people have been putting on.
The session was pretty well summed up by Rep. Senfronia Thompson when she illustrated what was going on by taking the House rulebook to the podium with her and dropping it on the floor. There is no rule of procedure, fairness, common sense or decency that has been observed by the Republican majority in the Texas House.
This is not about partisan politics -- although that has certainly reared its ugly head. In case you hadn't noticed, every major newspaper in this state has criticized the plans and performance of the legislature this session, often in harsh language. Those wild-eyed radicals at the Dallas Morning News and Houston Chronicle are just disgusted with the tacky display these people have been putting on.
I find minority is a state of mind
when the TV feeds your child always on hate and lies
with a veiw that might only actually epitimize
your own life and times and what for
to buy just one more line 'round before you die
Like a drone with a bad stagger you swagger
right to your knees into a stagnant pool
you soil the tip of your own dirty white silk tie
you long to lie so you can with a frown
wrythe and drown and purge your mind
and burst your lungs you reemerge
with a life full of rehydrated thoughts and style
You regurgitate this sticky love hate
as you force your mind from state to state
then you wait for the tide to rise so
you can help yourself float off on your very own
live reality slot of weekly televised time
and only just then can you grow
your own wings that carry you to fly
cross an entire ocean oasis
to a sandy palm covered isle
to live above these swine
in this overcrowded underpaid
shallow shadowed fucking sty
you live to linger a while
to stay way up on high a mile
you might even sup on coconuts and crocodile
I am writing this on the behalf of my fellow American Indian students and myself who are tired of being ignored, silenced, and dismissed with words of support that those in the position to help us feel we want to hear but do not follow through with positive actions. This year has been one of the toughest to be an American Indian student at The Ohio State University. Originally I was looking forward to this academic year. We had made a lot of progress in the previous year in having our first American Indian Month of events and all of our hard work to bring the Memorial Day Powwow to campus was met with success. Yet this academic year has been nothing but a slap in the face.
To READ THE STATEMENT condemning Bush's new aggression
against Cuba, go to
www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/cuba/index.html
To see the INITIAL LIST OF SIGNERS, go to www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/cuba/signers.html
To SIGN the statement, go to www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/cuba/sign.html
To see the INITIAL LIST OF SIGNERS, go to www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/cuba/signers.html
To SIGN the statement, go to www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/cuba/sign.html
Greetings, Activists!
Please read this ENTIRE e-mail message, as it contains important, detailed information regarding our KFC Campaign, which is NOT being called off. In fact, it’s going full speed ahead. Please continue to organize as many demonstrations as you possibly can, write letters, and so on. The pressure must continue!
As you may have heard, KFC’s president, Cheryl Bachelder, recently flew to PETA’s hometown of Norfolk, Va., for a meeting with PETA president Ingrid Newkirk and Bruce Friedrich to discuss our demands of KFC. As a result of the meeting, KFC has pledged to make several important improvements in the way chickens are treated. Here’s what KFC has pledged to do:
· put cameras in all U.S. slaughterhouses to help discourage the sadistic abuse of chickens and to help catch and punish any employees abusing birds
· implement humane mechanized chicken-gathering at one-fourth of all U.S. slaughterhouses by the end of next year
· increase the amount of living space for each bird by about 30 percent
Please read this ENTIRE e-mail message, as it contains important, detailed information regarding our KFC Campaign, which is NOT being called off. In fact, it’s going full speed ahead. Please continue to organize as many demonstrations as you possibly can, write letters, and so on. The pressure must continue!
As you may have heard, KFC’s president, Cheryl Bachelder, recently flew to PETA’s hometown of Norfolk, Va., for a meeting with PETA president Ingrid Newkirk and Bruce Friedrich to discuss our demands of KFC. As a result of the meeting, KFC has pledged to make several important improvements in the way chickens are treated. Here’s what KFC has pledged to do:
· put cameras in all U.S. slaughterhouses to help discourage the sadistic abuse of chickens and to help catch and punish any employees abusing birds
· implement humane mechanized chicken-gathering at one-fourth of all U.S. slaughterhouses by the end of next year
· increase the amount of living space for each bird by about 30 percent