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The hardships of life are sent not by an unkind destiny to crush, but to challenge (Sam E. Roberts) The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. (Martin Luther King, Jr.) One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. (Lucille Ball) Where do we go and what do we do? I don’t even know which issues to address. 1. Illegal Spying by our government on its people? This list alone is boggling and it doesn’t even approach the problems in the Middle East, Africa, New Orleans, China, or Russia; well, India, from all accounts, seems to be thriving. Although, in spite of being reminded when growing up, to eat our peas while remembering the starving children of India; we aren’t sure how we feel about them doing better right now than America. I wonder if they are told to eat their veggies because of the starving children in America, will soon be told that. Saturn is in place to oppose Neptune in the fall and that’s when we really begin feeling like “there is no joy in mudville.” And this aspect covers the world, liberals and conservatives, black and white, men and women, rich and poor; we will all be affected. The omen of two stars being pitched out of the center of the Milky Way in the middle of the Galactic Center black hole is not lost on me. Astronomers figure this happens about every 100,000,000 years. http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/printer_milkyway_exile.html The Galactic Center is home to about 1 hundred billion stars, and astronomers figure a couple of stars are pitched out about every 100,000,000 years. It made me wonder if our planet and stars in our Cosmos isn’t housed within a bigger black hole out side of our galaxy. After all, it’s doubtful that 100 billion stars know what’s outside of their black hole. Do we live within a galaxy within a galaxy within a galaxy? Science may think they know, but they don’t, every generation believes they have nearly captured all the knowledge of the universe, but they haven’t as shown by the ever present revelations with each generation. One thing for sure, Pluto on the Galactic Center will raise consciousness, how fast and in what direction I don’t know, no one does, but history would suggest big changes are coming. Pluto on the Galactic center in the past in the 1760 were the years when groups talking about “liberty” started organizing against King George of England and the seeds to bring down “status quo” and the powers that be had begun began. Two hundred and forty five years before that Pluto, on the Galactic Center, found a little monk sewing seeds to bring down the Catholic Church into the Reformation. In 1268 another Pluto contact to the Galactic Center 1268 found new elections procedures for the election of the “doge” are established in Venice in order to reduce the influence of powerful individual families. The lead up to the Pluto inching toward the Galactic Center was always great strife and unrest, excesses, stifling the human spirit and growth became intolerable. Suddenly, without any real build up, the least likely leaders would emerge, people unknown and unacknowledged as leaders or even holding the possibility of being leaders became legends in their time and ours. It is so important to know the energies surrounding great events in history for we are balancing on the same energetic precipice, and what happened before will happen again and the people will rise. Look carefully at the wanna be leaders that we “diss” because we might be shutting the door on a modern day Thomas Jefferson.
Sally Cheyne McDonald on Feb 6 | Link
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Sally Your list seems long yet barely scratches the surface, each of us is surrounded by even more corresponding items locally. Living by the "if you see a job that needs doing it's yours to do" i've been caught in a local cause to save our ombudsman program. This is making me look extra hard for helpers. Finding few who offer anything but gratitude makes me squint my eyes and look hard at the obstacles: fear, and dang it mostly laziness ~ hey someone else will do it attitude. When did we get to be so "royal", so bourgeois in this country? Was it when Ronald Regan told all of us that we could be CEO too? Thanks for doing your part Sally; providing this forum. Posted by: tseka on February 6, 2006 01:31 AMSally, how right you are! The Bushco gang diverts opposition by the sheer number and variety of their offenses. How to concentrate? How to deal? There have been so many good posts on this site regarding effective opposition, but no consensus, because how could there be? God/Goddess/Gaia knows we want to use our talents and influence for conservation of the earth and for justice/fairness/kindness for all sentient beings. But how to achieve that? Some things are just going to happen, but maybe they have to be opposed just the same. I often remember an anthropologist telling my class, "The tribes of native Americans, among them, tried every possible response to the coming of the white people. They tried war, cooperation, assimilation, negotiation, separation--and every thing that could be tried. But nothing worked, because the whites had superior numbers and they were determined to take the land." Still, the native Americans tried because they had to. Our national drama is being played out against a big star-spangled background, and one of the (many) wonderful things about this site is that we can glean some idea here of the influence of that great cosmic dance on our little mortal steps. I think maybe we shouldn't and can't all oppose tyranny with the same tactics. We are facing scattergun offenders, but they are facing a united but diverse opposition. Maybe it is in the cards (or the stars) for us to win and to restore the American Republic. Maybe (I hope not) it is time for the Republic to die at the hands of the Busco tyrants. Either way, we must work for the good all the creative ways we can and keep on doing so. Posted by: Barbara on February 6, 2006 01:34 AMThank you all for your kind birthday wishes. I really appreciate them. Sally, thank you for the list, in a nut shell, what I believe we must keep clamouring about to all in power and not inpower. I have it on good authority that all of us have sufficient writing skills and manners of expression which can be electrifying. It's "We the People" time. On to Bleak House by Charles Dickens, one of my favorite Aquarians. Crazzzzzy...and well in touch with mankind's darkest sides. Suits me. Pallas, no book...YET. :) Posted by: Beasley on February 6, 2006 02:03 AMI wonder what the "Republic" actually meant for all of us. Obviously for some it meant the opportunity to oppress others because they have been doing it since landing upon these shores, our legacy of prosperity and "freedom" has been built upon the backs of the Native American Indians, the Mexicans, the blacks we imported, the Chinese, slavery etc. But there was the "ideal" the dream of equality and democracy. This country has gone a long way on that dream. I think with all of this ugliness that was there but buried, coming out we may be at the stage where we have a chance at the dream or to make it real now that we know what was real and what was an illusion. How do we achieve that? By what we are all doing, working in our communities, extending kindness and grace to all we meet, staying aware. That's the importance of voting to me, is to let them know there are people still out here who are watching and listening. Ghandi said to replace hate with love, evil cannot continue to exist with love pouring in. The dark cannot continue to exist without the light. Pockets of organizations are gathering all over the world to stand against tyranny, even in the darkest of corners. Makes the song so associated with Martin Luther King, Jr. so apt for today, "We shall overcome." I believe that. Posted by: Sally on February 6, 2006 02:14 AMBrilliant, Cap'n Sally, simply brilliant--I get down and prone to believing the bad and the "out there" sometimes, but deep down, I'm an optimist. We will win because we have to, that's all. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my fellow Aquarian Beasley and blessings to you and your Mom too. May you each live to fight many more years!!! Also--has anyone heard of the "Ghost Troop"?? Google them, I think you'll be pleased with what you find. One last thing re our wacky climate--one site I found proposed that the Earth is getting warmer because we are emerging from an Ice Age....I'll find the link and post it later.... Posted by: Garry on February 6, 2006 03:02 AMWhat a lovely, hopeful article. Thank you Sally. Posted by: M. on February 6, 2006 04:11 AMOh that woul be so great to hear Garry, Oh & according to the waynemadsenreport.com, there are neo-con operatives, enabling the Danish cartoonists, the French rioters.......etc. Sally, A really deep an thought provoking article! Good link Garry and you are right Ghost Troops is a very interesting story. Beasley, how's your mom, I sure thought about her. Posted by: Sally on February 6, 2006 05:02 AMSally, thanks for another great article. I wonder if Cindy Sheehan could be an "early messenger" of the Galactic Center shift you talk about? She was very much an average unknown in the beginning, but has been and continues to be a positive and powerful force for generating awareness, and ultimately, change. Barbara, I don't know if the US as we now know it will survive the next decade, but if it does come down, the seed of collapse was planted at its' foundation. The Bush people are merely manifestation of that seed. They aren't so powerful. But we still are, and whatever happens, we can and will rebuild or recreate this nation better than it was before. Beasley, happy birthday to you! Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 6, 2006 07:46 AMWhat a list. Man alive. Somehow it seems more manageable in compact form like this. Thank you Sally. Good idea. It doesn't seem real. Maybe it isn't. I just saw a film about the animals on the South Georgia Island in Antarctica and was stunned anew by the force of life. Hunters there almost wiped out the whole seal population once, but they came back like gangbusters. We just seem to want to survive and thrive. Survival of the fittest means "to fit in". It's all about adaptability. The creators of the acts on this list are not adapting. They are too tense and terrified. As if they know. Our relationship with the earth needs modification. I believe their type is on the way out. I will let them pass. In a way, I'm more and more relieved that they are visible and acting out, rather than lurking in the shadows waiting and waiting. It's just a matter of time. I have to admit, I like Doris Day who sang perfectly on key..Que sera sera. We're doing exactly the right thing. Keeping our heads high, building awareness, trying to understand, continuing to love and care, improving as much as we can, and gathering in places like this to consolidate the goodness that we obviously believe will prevail. All of this is the resistance that builds strength. Our efforts will not go unrewarded. If the center of the galaxy contains Sagittarian hope and faith, then I will do as directed. Tseka, I meant to say hi when you popped in last week but I was distracted by that dern filibuster. I have mixed feelings about the whole damn thing. The absolutely riveting importance of the commercials at the Super Bowl which is dominating American news now is unnerving. And the shrill hysterical violent game of football. But it beats burning embassies. Why does it seem like the highlights of daily life always involve man brutalising man? Or at least, why does this take center stage? You'd think people would desire more variety. I gave it some thought. A lot of the commercials are not about violence. Maybe that's a good sign. They were partly focused on creativity. Posted by: jm on February 6, 2006 01:43 PMWell, to totally change course, here's a link that details an interesting theory of how the WTC was destroyed...this author claims an h-bomb was used.... http://www.saunalahti.fi/wtc2001/soldier5.htm Posted by: Garry on February 6, 2006 02:06 PMThat was my post @ 4:23 am, re: the alternatives to the superbowl! The Documentary about Helen Caldicott was called Helen's War. Yes Garry, Her cough is a chronic condition that I have noticed since 2001 I should have added!PQ Posted by: on February 6, 2006 02:25 PMHey all- http://www.jmccanneyscience.com/ Posted by: Garry on February 6, 2006 02:42 PM* [bushaholic]'s Troubling SOTU Guest Cindy Sheehan wasn't welcome--but a Saudi accused of supporting al Qaida was. ... http://www.alternet.org/story/31787/ More truth about Vietnam.... http://www.arcticbeacon.com/6-Feb-2006.html Posted by: Garry on February 6, 2006 02:56 PMNow for some humor... * Slogan’s Heroes - Cole Attack Planner Escapes Yemen Prison [...]This was “The Great Escape” staged by just about the only terrorists we have (sorry, "had") in custody who we know actually murdered Americans. Thru a football-field-&-a-half-long tunnel. With what must obviously have been the substantial long-term assistance of many, many people both inside Yemen's military intelligence services & out. And frankly this is the kind just the latest/scariest example of what happens when your entire foreign policy has been manufactured for the domestic political consumption of your base. When you let your Smearmeister-In-Chief run the country like one, long Swiftboat Campaign & petro-industry fire sale, & can't be bothered to take the governance of a great nation seriously. When you see nothing wrong with telegraphing to the entire Muslim world with every breath that you think their niche in your Fundy Ecosystem is to pump us cheap gas, drive our cabs & not make White Christian Men uncomfortable. Or we’ll kill them. When you decide to blow off the hard, patient, unglamorous steps necessary to actually make America safer in favor of amping up your base on cheap, quick, political meth. Feeding them fear for partisan gain, & put frat rats like Mike Brown in charging of protecting American cities from disaster, ‘cause wheeeeeeeeeee! Who gives a f*ck? We won! This [regime] cld play lawn darts in the Rose Garden with Lincoln’s shin bones…& the Red State Rush Monkeys wld still vote straight-party GOP. They cld peel the flesh from Muslim women, stitch it into a quilt with threads from Christ’s winding cloth, & play naked Twister on it… & the Freepers wld stand up on their hind legs & cheer. ... http://driftglass.blogspot.com/ Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 6, 2006 02:56 PMSally and NeoBuckeye, I guess our Republic always was a higher percentage potential than actual, but that was one of the things I liked about it. During WW II and just after Europeans sometimes described Americans as childish or child-like. I always thought we appeared that way because we defined ourselves by our possibilities. We don't seem child-like now--just sociopathic like our titular leader. Nothing is forever--as you say, if what we have is torn down we'll rebuild . Posted by: Barbara on February 6, 2006 03:01 PM...a wee bit of humor.. BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS TO BE SIMULCAST IN ENGLISH President Hopes to Reach Broader Audience, Aides Say For the first time since he was elected President of the United States, With the president's approval ratings sagging, the decision to simulcast "The majority of people in this country are English speaking, and quite Once the decision was made earlier in the month to launch the historic Davis Logsdon, a professor of linguistics at the University of "The problem is that the language the president speaks, by most Still, the White House remains guardedly optimistic about tonight's Elsewhere, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein stormed out of his Your list could well include this, Sally. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/04/national/04halliburton.html Seems Halliburton has acquired the contract to build detention centers within the US. Though detention centers already exist, a push is on to build more, apparently for illegal immigrants but there is also the sneaky language "for other purposes" as an addendum to this murkiness. While, i -- like so many of you -- believe that we must persist in our "counter-culture" efforts and by simply being kind, light-filled and generous, the Saturn/Neptune opposition will require that we work even harder. Happy belated Birthday, Beasley! And. . .Joanna, you have a great way with words! karen Posted by: karen on February 6, 2006 04:06 PMInteresting little twisted tidbit for the files: God, Shy, that's horrid....and every day I find myself asking, where does it end? When will these monsters be brought to justice? In the meantime though, these abusers are creating their own death squads..... Posted by: Garry on February 6, 2006 07:27 PMG-d Shylurker, that Sembler is a twisted sister, and doesn't this sound like our current treatment of prisoners? holy moly, this is disgusting stuff.... Posted by: JudiG on February 6, 2006 08:14 PMhttp://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=eed74d9d44c30493706fe03f4c9b3a77 Homeland Security Contracts for Vast New Detention Camps Posted by: Pat C on February 6, 2006 09:19 PMDear Sally, thank you for such a beautiful article. The last Matthew messages do stress what an extraordinary elightened times we are going to go through, exactly what you so beautifully wrote. Here is a link that was I think posted before, http://www.matthewbooks.com/mm/anmviewer.asp?a=48&z=2 And also to go with the beautiful image of galaxy inside galaxy, that wonderful link on the Universe Within, :) http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html I might add....please read all the comments on this article on Sembler and STRAIGHT....they echo all of us participating here.....this is just an amazing story and should be part of a television expose.....60 minutes, where are you? Posted by: JudiG on February 6, 2006 09:32 PMI copied this comment from Alternet story Shylurker posted....interesting, from a poster named owleyes... right after his post is the post by the woman who was written about in the article! I must say, we must also impose some criticism on the parents and guardians of these minor children who were put into these hell holes....without them there would be this kind of abuse.... Posted by: judiG on February 6, 2006 09:38 PMhttp://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/2264826.html USA Today reports MCI, Sprint and ATT grant access to their systems without warrants or court orders. Posted by: Pat C on February 6, 2006 09:42 PMRay McGovern | Headed for Iran, Juggernaut Gathering Momentum ................. Norman Solomon | The Iran Crisis: 'Diplomacy' as a Launch Pad for Missiles ............. Oil Graft Fuels the Insurgency, Iraq and US Say Britain Defies US with Funding to Boost Safe Abortion Services Citadel to absorb Disney's ABC Radio for $2.7 bln Mon Feb 6, 2006 4:38 PM ET PHILADELPHIA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Citadel Broadcasting Corp. (CDL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to combine itself with The Walt Disney Co.'s (DIS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) ABC Radio business as part of a $2.7 billion deal that will give Citadel a stronger foothold in the biggest U.S. radio markets, the companies said on Monday. Disney will spin- or split-off ABC's 22 radio stations and its ABC Radio Networks programming business into a separate entity, which will then be merged into Citadel to make the transaction tax-free to Disney shareholders. Disney shareholders will own 52 percent of the new company, which will be called Citadel Communications, once the deal is completed, the companies said. Citadel Chief Executive Officer Farid Suleman will be CEO of the new company, which will have 177 FM radio stations and 66 AM stations. The deal does not include ESPN Radio and Radio Disney Posted by: Pat C on February 6, 2006 10:23 PM
By Arnaud de Borchgrave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20060205-100341-6320r.htm HOORAY for Britain.....but who will help the 40 million or so women in this country? 3rd world status without aprotection...coming right up. Got an email from my writer friend in central calif. seems they've had a cindy sheehan type incident....last year was ground breaking day on the hideous sewer controversial screwed up sewer boondoggle at the town near San Luis Opisbo. protestors showed up and held signs and booed...nothing more. One guy got up in the tree (a growve of old eucalyptus was to be cut down to make way for the sewer plant) ....he wouldn't come down until after the ceremony was over. He did nothing but hold a sign. He's on trial...charges brought by the former sewer commission, all of whom were RECALLED....so we are waiting to see why this man and not all the others is on trial. Hoping for a good judge to right the situation... Posted by: judiG on February 7, 2006 12:19 AMMuch to my great amusement last night, I read the latest Mountain Astrologer to get an idea of what the experts were predicting. After many paragraphs of tortured explanantions of planetary cycles and all that, they all ended up clueless. It was funny. But a valiant attempt. I've observed closely the discussion on the Net the past couple of years and have noticed some trends. Fascism is hardly mentioned now when six months ago it was about all I read. Kind of like a contest to see how many times it could be repeated in a thread. "Be afraid, very afraid", the favorite phrase, is rarely said now. Even Orwell seems to be winding down. The hard fact of our situation seems to be recognized and no amount of crying is helping. So, as Sally says, "Where do we go, what do we do?" I say we stop for just a moment and really look at it. Study it carefully. We're dealing with a pervasive fear...fear of punishment is big worldwide. The collective religious problem we have right now. A belief in cruelty. Some inherent guilt. It's clear that the neocons war on terror is really a war on Islam. Their chances of winning are nil. We'll have to resume business with them, not annihilate their history. The destruction of Iraq isn't going to do it. Israel will be forced to mind it's own business and/or assimilate, if it wants to live in Moslem territory. The hypocrisy of murdering and destroying in the name of God is shining all over the earth right now. Why do our worldviews hold to this belief in suffering and a punishing god? When we start to answer the question, change our behavior, our governments will change. I believe our governments are an extension of our view of authority and god. And Pluto in Sagittarius is extracting all of our extreme philosophies. Then we can decide how to proceed. Impeachments, wiretapping hearings, carrying signs, and crying, crying, crying, although part of the whole, will not bring about the fundamental change that stopping right here and facing our dilemma will. The future will not be joyous unless we believe that it will. Unless we find joy right now. Procreation seems to be the fact of life. The joy we hold now will create more and offer an antidote to the sorrow. Somebody's got to do it. Posted by: jm on February 7, 2006 12:33 AM"It's clear that the neocons war on terror is really a war on Islam." jm, I'm not all that sure that this is the case. Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 01:11 AMNeptune is liquid, gaseous, chaotic and Saturn solid, dense, and ordered. We have a real tug of war coming up in the opposition. Either, Neptune will send reality in disarray once again, delusions abounding, or saturn will rein in the fantasy and give it solid form. Bring us down to earth. Like a photo in the darkroom, we will see things come into clarity. Or a combo. Our experience individually will depend on our own delusions and how willing we are to see them. Pat C I believe that the neocons war is for strategic positioning to get control of the Caspian Sea oil and water rights and trade routes from that region. But the diminishing of Islamic control is part of the procedure, at least as far as aligning with the factions that are pro western. So I agree that it's not a direct war on Islam, but it ends up looking that way in that the Moslem world feels its existence threatened by the USA now. So maybe it has unintentionally become this war. Posted by: jm on February 7, 2006 01:25 AMPat, what do you think? Posted by: jm on February 7, 2006 01:30 AMjm, I think it is just part of a larger agenda for control of all natural and monetary assets. Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 01:43 AMKa Boom... Posted by: judiG on February 7, 2006 01:46 AMI think you're right. Posted by: jm on February 7, 2006 01:47 AMsigh Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 01:50 AMAre you convinced they will succeed, Pat? Posted by: jm on February 7, 2006 01:51 AMNo, jm. I'm absolutely convinced they will lose. Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 01:55 AMFor whatever my thoughts are worth, I thik Love is always more powerful than anything else, and always wins. Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 02:02 AMHas anybody listened to the hearing on the wire tapping hearings today? Did you know, according to Sessions, Hatch, etc., that's its all legal. These powers of the president are supported by FISA and congress! But wait! Wait! Leahy catches Gonzales on tape saying that the Congress would be notified if and when the Commander in Cheat, Thief, or whazzhizname was gonna sneak peak on the American people. Well, I guess Gonzales just forgot...such a busy man, so many things to do...couldn't remember to tell congress what was going on. Give me a break! Posted by: Beasley on February 7, 2006 02:51 AMSenator Durbin very clear. Taking the heat, but very clear. What is Pajama Line. Some nasty reporter from Pajama Line. Durbin asked the nasty who he worked for? Pajama Line. Posted by: Beasley on February 7, 2006 02:57 AMThere seems to be a pattern of repetition going on in our government. Something they did or something that happened such at 9/11, War, Torture, Katrina, Gonzales, Roberts, Alito and now the FISA thing, pick a scandal, any scandal. There are investigations, the GOP controls the investigations, probing questions are asked, the Democrats flair up in front of cameras, the Bush administration gives the most inane answers and they are passed over or repeated as fact, the blogs go wild and then it's all accepted and we go on to the next thing. The Democrats have to know this is happening, they have to see the pattern. So why, are they all in on it or do they all figure they have to go along. The pattern has just become evident to me during this administration but I am trying to remember if the pattern existed before this administration. If somehow the pattern can be broken, but how? And what does the pattern relate to astrologically? It could be the progressed Mercury retrograde in the US chart giving us a broken record playing over and over. Posted by: Sally on February 7, 2006 03:20 AMOooh, for pete's sake.... Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 7, 2006 03:51 AMEuwwwww! Oh Sally. That is a concept. Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 03:51 AMPajama line...............Guckert's new news service? "Have you spied on political opponants in the past" Sounds fun Pat QP! ........... http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/wickham/2006-02-06-king-bush_x.htm Today, Bush will speak at King's funeral. Last Tuesday, during his State of the Union address, which was given on the day she died, the president spoke warmly of the woman many call the first lady of civil rights. Our nation "lost a beloved, graceful, courageous woman who called America to its founding ideals and carried on a noble dream," he said. "Tonight, we are comforted by the hope of a glad reunion with the husband who was taken so long ago." Bush's symbolic act comes at a time when many in this nation are grieving the loss of a woman who was herself a leading activist in the struggle for racial equality and human rights. And while others might not want to give the president credit for this gesture, I will, because I believe there are times when the symbolism of a person's actions ought to be taken seriously. Three years ago, on the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., Bush announced his opposition to an affirmative action program at the University of Michigan. King was a strong supporter of "compensatory or preferential treatment" for blacks who have been disadvantaged by the combined effects of nearly 250 years of slavery and the Jim Crow century that followed. It was a view King's wife shared. Shortly after Bush announced his opposition to the Michigan affirmative action program, Mrs. King said she was filing a legal brief in support of the school's admission policy. In 2004, a day after laying a wreath at the grave of Martin Luther King Jr., Bush made a recess appointment of Federal District Court Judge Charles Pickering to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Opponents of Pickering's nomination accused him of taking positions that threatened black voting rights. Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 04:05 AMNo I don't recall this type of pattern before..I think this is the "end game" pattern. They're close to checkmate. There ought to be a law. Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 04:12 AM* Steve Judd wrote: "For a long time I’ve looked at the Jupiter/Neptune dance as representative of the excessive deceit & lies concerning oil, & the ramifications of that. But whilst Neptune is representative of oil, what of Jupiter? Common sense really, it being a gas giant, it has to do with gas. I note that yesterday in the UK British Gas leaked news of an imminent 25% hike in gas prices, which will mean the price having doubled since March 2003. I also note that the Sun was right on top of Neptune & exactly square Jupiter, telling me that this story of gas shortages is just the same as the given reasons for going to war – just another pack of lies. It’s over-inflated, out of control, way over the top & mountains really are being made out of molehills. Spreading the spin of energy panic has never been easier, but that’s all it is – spin, & with the Sun hitting Jupiter/Neptune strongly, it’s very powerful now. It is not in the corp interest to lose the energetic impulse, so expect ‘miracle’ propulsion systems or such like just when the proverbial hits the fan. This is the last gasp for oil, so expect intensity until this is over, by end March." http://www.stevejudd.co.uk/ Posted by: JoannaOregon on February 7, 2006 04:28 AMSometimes I think the repetive pattern is there to guide our attention away from the externals as a solution. I fully expect this now and am no longer disappointed. Progressed Merc retro must be part of it as we change our habitual thinking patterns. This is not Nixon, for example, nor Hitler. These comparisons have become useless. I think these people are just as caught in this trap as we are. But we do seem to be spinning our wheels. Maybe the Mars progressed station this year is contributing as we are completely baffled as to where things are going. How many times do we have to convict someone or expose a crime only to have it reappear in another form? What are we missing? The Merc retro could be taking us back to retrieve that information. I think it could also be in the 12th house part of the Pluto return coming up which has brought utter disorganization in order to restructure from a clean slate. I think it's possible that this will go on, scandal after scandal, and then they'll be gone. Maybe if we think about what we want instead we have an opportunity to come from behind and below and some new people will be there to represent this. I'm just gobsmacked! February 6: The Jerusalem Post today became the first Israeli newspaper to publish the controversial Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad that have sparked furore across the Muslim world. http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1703632,00.html Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 05:02 AMI also think it's part of the Pluto in Sag lesson of faith, when overwhelmed by the dark. Real faith has no conditions placed on it. You just feel it and sometimes have to rely on it. I remember the times vividly in my life when I've unmistakably been brought to my knees. Posted by: jm on February 7, 2006 05:09 AMThis is just so right on. Dead Wrong Speaking of "gobsmacked" anyone here from Iowa that could get a message to their Gov. Tom? He thinks the Democrats would be making a mistake to make an issue out of the illegal wiretapping. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/NEWS09/601310392 Posted by: Sally on February 7, 2006 05:40 AMThat's a major contender for the Pink TUTU Award. Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 05:53 AM"In a 58-42 vote on Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Samuel Alito as the nation's next Supreme Court Justice, meaning if you want an abortion, you'd better hop to it." --Tina Fey "Just 24 hours after President Bush promised to reduce America's dependence on oil on Tuesday, his Energy Secretary and national economic advisor said he didn't really mean it. They're blaming it on his new speechwriter, 'A Million Little Pieces' author James Frey." --Jay Leno "President Bush said that the American people are addicted to oil. To which Vice President Dick Cheney said, 'Not that there’s anything wrong with that.'" --Jay Leno "Do you believe we are addicted to oil? So basically when we invaded Iraq, we didn’t really mean anything, it was just the oil talking. We were under the influence of oil at the time. We just need a 12 step program and we could get out of Iraq." --Jay Leno "In Washington President Bush came out of the white house and saw his shadow...Cindy Sheehan." --Jay Leno Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 06:00 AMI try very hard to control myself nowadays, but I can't help but feel pretty disgusted after reading that USA editorial Pat C posted above, which amounts to a lot of kissing Bush's ass for attending and even daring to speak at Coretta Scott King's funeral. Why do people still feel the need to coddle this man and gloss over his image? Bush is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in the US and the Middle East, and the wounding of millions more around the globe, since he took office. His entire presidency has been a globe-spanning criminal spree of an enterprise built of malice, mayhem and murder, yet somehow thinly veiled by a smug, self righteousness and arrogance, itself masquerading as flag-waiving patriotism. I'm so sick of it! He has a lot nerve to even dare show his face at King's funeral. His entire political career, even his very life, has been in service of the very antithesis of what King's husband and the people who shared in the Civil Rights Movement stood and fought so hard for, and sacrificed so much for, slamming shut doors and destroying opportunities everywhere for people of all colors and ethnic backgrounds to better themselves and live in peace. And yet the editorialist honors him for little more than another politically calculated photo-op. Given my own personal experiences, I suppose I can't knock him for being so easily duped. It happens to the best of us. Still, I am so weary of this man even people who ought to know better are still so eager to call President, and of the utter shame and dishonor he brings to all that he touches. Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 7, 2006 06:52 AMIf you haven't read this (I think JM posted it) Then you can join me in thinking: CHEEEEZZZZZUS CHRIST! http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=eed74d9d44c30493706fe03f4c9b3a77 Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 7, 2006 07:15 AMIf you read the above article, then think back to Now you know what he had in mind for those black people in New Orleans - why they received no food and no water and why they were being held there for four days while Blanco refused to allow the cabal to begin their martial law offense. Thank God for that woman. While she's being demonized, in fact she was and is a heroine. Saturn opposition Neptune can also be the turning off of the oil spigot - or making the cost of it very dear. I mentioned before that the classic interpretation of Saturn opp Neptune is "free floating anxiety". Do Americans have reason to have anxiety? Yes. If you read the above article posted by JM you know they do. Just in case you didn't read it, here it is again: http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=eed74d9d44c30493706fe03f4c9b3a77 Something will happen this year - a move ahead with the cabal's plans - the noose is tightening - When many many people have been arrested or removed from events for wearing an anti cabal t shirt - (the secret service has been doing this for years since the fascist in chief took the wh- Yes, Gonzales parsed words. " That is an admission of having done so. And what is the Judiciary committee, headed by Spector needs to hear a lot of phone calls and e mails repeating Gonzales' parsed answer. And demanding that the investigation be turned over to an unbiased non partisan special prosecutor. This is Nixon redux - only worst. There was a Sam Ervin heading the Judiciary committee at the time - and the GOP House of Reps wasn't filled with robotic fundamentalists. If ever there was a time for Jesus Christ to make an appearance, it's now and in the House of Representatives. Definitely worse than Nixon ever was, Pallas. I'm not counting on Christ anymore. But I am counting on and envisioning a time when We, THE PEOPLE finally have the tables turned on these guys and they are beyond the protection of the cumberson government apparatus. And we WILL turn the tables on them. The Nazis fell. And even if they did regroup to spawn this wicked bunch, no matter the cost, we will defeat them again. I don't want revenge. That's not my path anymore. What I do want is another Nuremberg Trial for the Bushes and the NeoCons. For Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Perle, Rice, Rove and this whole twisted lot. Whatever it takes to bring them to public trial, they must be made to answer to the world for their crimes. Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 7, 2006 08:33 AMMeant to say "cumbersome" above. Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 7, 2006 08:34 AMI'd sure like a second coming right about now, myself, and today was a doozy. Well, this is interesting. I decided to run my progressed chart (thinkig about Beasley) and found Pluto sitting smack dab on my Equatorial Ascendant (a secondary Asc) - in trine to my North Node - and progressed Moon at 0 Aquarius trines P. Neptune. Well that's fairly intuitive - and perhaps the Sag Ascendant with Pluto explains my compulsion of late to travel - to get the hell out of this country as much as possible! Of course the wh could also be the reason . Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 7, 2006 08:59 AMThis is an interesting perspective on all the corruption.... hmmmm
Here's a perfect example as the children in our special education class called Congress continue their studies. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/6/222443/3990 Posted by: jm on February 7, 2006 09:15 AMGood one Kiwi j. Posted by: jm on February 7, 2006 09:30 AMKerry and Obama and guys of that ilk (more coming in), will teach the others how to speak English well and behave like gentlemen. Pluto in Capricorn. Coming to square our Saturn in Libra. Bring out the best silver. Posted by: jm on February 7, 2006 10:25 AMAmazing post! I'm impressed with your article and quite inspired also. At least someone is making an effort. Keep up the good work mate......Way to go... Posted by: rachel on February 7, 2006 11:18 AMThis is from a VERY conservative online site. Pentagon's vast recruiting database prompts privacy fears http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=11882 by James Plummer Concerned citizens from across the ideological spectrum have raised concerns about the military’s Joint Advertising and Market Research Studies (JAMRS) recruiting database system. The JAMRS database is a large, detailed repository of information on virtually every American between the ages of 16 to 25. The breadth of information in the system came to light last May when the Defense Department published a notice about JAMRS in the Federal Register. According to that notice, the data in JAMRS encompasses: Full name, date of birth, gender, address, city, state, zip code, and where available Social Security Number (SSN), e-mail address, ethnicity, telephone number, high school name, graduation date, grade point average (GPA) code, education level, college intent (if documented), military interest (if documented), field of study, current college attending, ASVAB Test date, ASVAB Armed Forces Qualifying Test Category Score. The Privacy Act of 1976 requires that notice of a new system of records be published in the Federal Register 30 days before its creation. Yet the May 2005 FR notice on the reorganized JAMRS database indicated it had already been in operation for some time. That simple fact seems to be a prima facie violation of the Privacy Act. The DOD has since claimed this reorganized JAMRS is not a new system of records. That begs the question: Why was a Privacy Act notice published at all? More... Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 02:54 PM The second last paragraph really tells the whole
Richard Norton-Taylor Guardian A senior US officer admitted yesterday that the presence of more than 300,000 foreign troops in the Middle East, most of them American, was a "contributory factor" to instability in the region. The US would "not maintain any long-term bases in Iraq" he said in a major speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. "Our position is when we leave we will not have any bases there." http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,5393277-110878,00.html Posted by: wv on February 7, 2006 03:42 PM
Worlds apart http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,5392485-103552,00.html Posted by: wv on February 7, 2006 04:01 PMRumsfeld, Pace, et al are before the Armed Forces Comm. now on C-Span 2 now looking for more money. McCain just smacked Rumsfeld for using the emergency channels rather than the regular route for funding. The emergency route bypasses all oversight. Hmmm. Rumsfeld expalind that Bush told him to do it that way. ............. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/02/06/rove-threatens-republican_n_15216.html Rove counting heads on the Senate Judiciary Committee Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 04:04 PM
February 6, 2006 Fewer voters will cast their ballots by punching a card or pulling a lever in this November's elections as the country continues to turn to newer, electronic machines, according to a study released Monday. While the study says old systems that were prone to error are on their way out, experts also note that means many Americans will be voting on unfamiliar equipment this fall. At least four out of five registered voters will use the newer generation of machines -- either ATM-style touchscreen machines or ones that ask voters to fill in the blanks, a vast change from the contested 2000 presidential election that spurred states and Congress to push for improved equipment. http://markcrispinmiller.blogspot.com/ Posted by: wv on February 7, 2006 04:10 PM
Gay fetish: the infinite shelf life of homo- distraction Katy McKy - Raw Story Columnist
Then there's more. According to Sir James Lovelock, the original Gaian guy, the Earth is treating us like a virus, raising the temp to burn us off the global body. With every factory closing, we become more a nation of consumers and borrowers rather than producers and savers. And we're borrowing 2 trillion dollars to fund our Iraqi imperialism. Via that imperialism, we've cultivated a fresh crop of terrorists. We're running out of oil, but we're running high on gluttony. And so on. And what worries the Right? Brokeback Mountain. And gay marriage. Advertisement
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It got little coverage in this country. But it seemed the Islamic Summit Conference gathering the lawmakers and intellectuals of 57 Muslim nations in Mecca on Dec. 7 and 8 might be a breakthrough for Islam and East-West relations. "The Summit," its final declaration said, "reaffirmed that Islam is a religion of moderation which rejects bigotry, extremism and fanaticism, and underlined in this connection the importance of combating deviant ideology using all available means, besides developing educational curricula that firmly establish the values of understanding, tolerance, dialogue and multilateralism in accordance with the tenets of Islam." Encouraging. But the same declaration went on to stress "the responsibility of all governments to ensure full respect of all religions and religious symbols and the inapplicability of using the freedom of expression as a pretext to defame religions." The emphasis is mine. It reflects a profound contradiction at the heart of Islam: Liberty and tolerance are all well and good, but on whose terms, and through whose means? According to the 57 nations of the Islamic Summit Conference, the terms are strict and the means still repressive, if necessary. The West is playing along. http://www.news-journalonline.com/ColEssays.htm Posted by: wv on February 7, 2006 04:49 PM
The point of all these imaginary financial projections is to give the president leeway to cement in place hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts the nation can ill afford and does not need. The cuts were made temporary in the first place because there was no way to even pretend that budgets could be balanced in the future with such an enormous loss of revenue. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/07/opinion/07tue1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print Posted by: wv on February 7, 2006 05:15 PMYou know what folks? I'm in Paris right now, visiting my daughter. We are about 3 blocks from the Champs-Allysees, and the Arc De Triomphe. Even though it is incredibly fantastic to see my daughter, and to see things here I have only imagined seeing (the Cathedral de Notre Dame is breathtaking!) one of my very foremost thoughts that won't go away is how lucky we all are as Americans. I will be sooooooo happy to get back home & I NEVER thought I would feel that way. On the way over here, I thought that I would never want to go home,lol!! People here are trying their hardest still to be like us- it amazes me. Anyway, I just wanted to tell ya'll to count your blessings, 'cause there truly is no place like the good 'ol US of A. Love you guys....a toute a l'heure :) P.S. it's fantastic to not be constantly haunted by what our government & politicians are doing! Posted by: Peg on February 7, 2006 05:52 PMRove in action, how Nixonian can you get! He has an enemies list! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Rove2.htm
Dear Peg, I know that feeling. I have felt it, and I remember it clearly. This is a shiny place, and you can see it no better than when you have been away. I was happy in the foreign lands I lived in, and didn't anticipate the powerful feeling I would have upon returning. This place is different somehow, and the aura of greatness is powerful. I don't know how to correlate everything and have it make sense in my own mind. It's just there. Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 06:12 PMI got a chuckle out of this: Heh heh heh President Carter, President Clinton, and Civil Rights Leader Lowery really stuck it to dimboy And on the subject of Bush humor, have any of you seen this site? Ted Kennedy did as well. Bush didn't get the standing ovation any of the others did. It was interesting. Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 10:38 PMWell.......he sure looked stupid when I tuned in. Someone was doing a eulogy and Dimmy was grinning vacuously and swaying to & fro like a ruminent! That brought him in & out of camera view, really distracting from the speaker. ( CNN) http://www.thekingcenter.org/prog/non/triple_evils.html The Triple Evils, The Six Principles of Nonviolence, and The Six Steps to Nonviolence Posted by: Pat C on February 7, 2006 11:13 PMGonzales before the Senate Pallas 18, I have been wondering for a couple of weeks now, and posted such here, that I don't think the Supreme Court will get involved in the warrantless wire-tapping until Congress can actually come up with a real and viable description of just exactly what they approved for the president. Until that is established, what will the court have to go on. The can't interpret the law unless they know what it is and exactly what authority Congress gave Bush. All that I have heard from experts on both sides is their own, often biased personal interpertation of how "things" (The Constitution, Legislation, etc.) read.....their opinion...which is not the same thing as the law. And can we really trust anything the Congress will give to the SC that would be honest and forthright? What a mess! Gonzales was not sworn in per Specter's insistance. Doesn't that tell us all we need to know about how Specter is going to conclude this issue in spite of what he says on the TV shows. What a sham. Nothing will come of yesterday's hearing but perhaps other hearings (3 more) will actually bear some fruit. Diane Fienstien's questions "on just how far the president will go with other laws he doesn't care for" were revealing for what Gonzales didn't say. NEOBuckey, I loved your post above on King/Bush. Wish I could speak with just a smidgen of the clarity and passion that you express. Posted by: Beverly on February 8, 2006 12:14 AMSally, I can't really respond to your idea of the pattern you mentioned above and when it all started. But there is a pattern but think much more is involved than the light-weight Mercury. Sally, that note is from me. Posted by: Beverly on February 8, 2006 12:27 AMWho's Your Daddy? Beverly, "Gonzales was not sworn in per Specter's insistance. Doesn't that tell us all we need to know about how Specter is going to conclude this issue in spite of what he says on the TV shows. What a sham." YES! It certainly does. Specter the company man. There is absolutely no reason why Gonzales shouldn't have had to take an oath. After all, we had an Attorney General named Mitchell who was a thief and a crook - oh yes, that was that other administration filled with thieves and crooks - where Rumsfeld and Cheney cut their teeth. Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 8, 2006 01:31 AM
Oliver King and agencies Guardian Unlimited The defence secretary, John Reid, tonight gave the clearest indication yet from a minister that the number of British troops in Iraq will be reduced this year. "The time is approaching" when coalition forces "can begin leaving Iraq" Mr Reid said, though he insisted that the Britain would not "cut and run" from the country before certain security conditions were met. The defence secretary said it was not the coalition's key task to stay and defeat the insurgency but to ensure the Iraqis were strongly equipped to overcome the violence themselves. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,5394000-111381,00.html Posted by: wv on February 8, 2006 01:37 AMSally...re your noticing the pattern you mentioned above in this thread...you'd better believe I noticed it.....how could ANYONE miss that? It glares out at you. And that is because they, the goppers, own the mouthpiece, that is, the news media. Don't care if bloggers are blogging....until it is front page on the newspapers and blaring from the tv....this will go on. We are in a news gulag. We are experiencing some of the best ploys of the KGB ....american style. Posted by: judiG on February 8, 2006 02:22 AMWV, interesting blurb on this week's http://www.aaiusa.org/countdown/countdown.htm about AIPAC and congressional reform. Also interesting take on the March eclipse and the Jupiter/Neptune/Sun square on faith, violence, etc. My sister writes from Beirut that Sunday was pretty wild, but that she is ok. She lives there with her husband. PQ very impressed with your conversation with Hillary. The interesting take on the planetary squares was on http://www.stariq.com Sorry about that ommission. Posted by: Beasley on February 8, 2006 02:48 AMKiwijeanie, (lol) I had to go off-line and repeat your Margaret Cho quote to everybody in the vicinity. Pallas 1800, very interested in your remarks regarding Bush Jr. at the funeral. CNN tried to downplay the criticism, calling the speakers' reaction to Bushie "balanced." Were you able to tell if the Resident slipped out early? I expect he did. The funeral went out until 5 PM or more. As an interesting sidelight, some of the Fred Phelps family was in Atlanta today to "protest." (Coretta Scott King was a proponent of equal rights for gays, as well as everybody else.) I don't know if old Fred himself was present. There was a flurry of coverage on the morning radio shows, but nothing that I saw on national news. The funeral was held at an exurbian church where there is plenty of parking, and I expect the Phelpses were not within a mile of it. BTW, sad to say, the church is one of those mega "prosperity" churches, where "life more abundant" means an expensive automobile more often than it means spiritual riches. Pat C--where do you get all those great links? I am always checking them out. Your post on JAMRS data base of potential military recruits strikes a chord. I think we have all noticed that the FBI has been paying a lot of unwelcome attention to the Quakers, who have an organized program to enlighten high schoolers about the cons of enlistment. Posted by: Barbara on February 8, 2006 03:47 AMI love my country. Why are these people trying to trivialize it? Have they no shame? Barbara, The only book they remember from school ( those who can read...) is The Lord of Flies! Glorious report from Gay Paree, Peg. I had the same experiemce when I traveled the world many years ago. I've loved this country ever since. Stepping away and getting perspective works wonders. I do believe our current president was severely humiliated today at the Coretta goings-on and cut down to his actual size. He's pitiful. It looked like an elegant affair. Signs of Republican mutiny? I just heard the Lowery speech and the ovation was goose bump inspiring on "weapons of mass misdirection". It was absolutely incredible that Bush was applauding. Posted by: jm on February 8, 2006 06:28 AMI thought Mrs. King's funeral would have made her so proud and happy. I loved Dr. Lawrey and his poem, it was so perfect and covered all the things she stood for and fought for. I was amused at Tucker Carlson, Chris Matthews and Kate O'Bierne clucking over what Dr. Lawrey and Jimmy Carter said. Mr. Carter only repeated what happened to the Kings when MLK was alive and for those GOP hacks to lecture the African/American community on how they should bury one of their icons was priceless. They sounded for all the world like a convoluted idea of a politically correct way to say "those blacks just don't know their place." Oh my gosh, so the conversation went, they were so impolite and they upset George Bush, how could they use Mrs Kings, funeral to upset George Bush. No matter that those white boys have spent since 1954 trying to find all kind of ways to upset her. These were her friends, including Mr. Carter, Kennedy and the Clinton's, doubtful the Bushes were friends. Thank you Mrs. King for your devotion to civil rights, human rights, and women's rights. Thank you for standing solidly for the people everywhere. Thank you for your service to America. I can only wish you a gentle good night. I did think when I saw George Bush slouching on stage like he did, that he needed his Momma to grab his arm and say "sit up straight in your chair, a great lady is passing by." Posted by: Sally on February 8, 2006 06:53 AMas to the pattern, always look in Astrology for the simple answer because if it's a pattern it's in the simple and is hiding in plain sight. Mercury is actually a very powerful planet and is the planet one would look to for a repetitive "message" over and over again. In this instance the pattern is a message. It's like we are stuck and we are being shown something repeatedly, that's Mercury, the messenger. Remember what retrograde Mercury is about. Going over things again and again so mistakes won't continually be made. A retrograde Mercury shows us where we are making our mistakes and where we need to make adjustments. Another clue would be Mars. Progressed US Mars will be going retrograde for the first time ever in the US in July. Mars has been at its stationary position of 18 degree Libra since 1999. Posted by: Sally on February 8, 2006 07:09 AM Published on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 by Working For Change http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0207-31.htm http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/02/get-ready-for-white-men-of-republican.html Get ready for the white men of the Republican party to lecture black leaders about not knowing their place by John in DC - 2/07/2006 06:44:00 PM UPDATE: Well that didn't take long. But rather than old white men, it's an old white woman of the far-right wing of the Republican party telling black leaders to mind their place. http://www.digbysblog.blogspot.com/2006_02_05_digbysblog_archive.html#113935413780735681 FURTHER UPDATE: Bush was there while everyone spoke. Does anyone think MLK or Mrs. King would pass up that opportunity to give them an a piece of their minds? Doubtful. At the funeral of Coretta Scott King, the grande dame of America's civil rights and progressive activist community, the Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery, a revered elder of that same community, criticized President Bush, and the war, and the fact that America still has so many poor and needy. Kind of something you'd expect at the funeral of a woman who after her husband was assassinated, yet the day before he was buried, led a civil rights march of 50,000 people. A woman who spoke at an anti-war rally in NYC only 3 weeks after her husband was mattered. A woman who devoted her entire life to non-violence. I say this because you know it's only a matter of hours before the Republican Swift Boating of Rev. Lowery and Coretta's funeral begins. How dare a black man not know his place at a funeral, they'll say. As if the Republican party and its surrogates have any right whatsoever to speak on behalf of Mrs. King, to tell black America what they can and cannot do to honor one of their most revered leaders. A party that doesn't have a single African-American member of Congress has no right lecturing black people about knowing their place. And you know that lecture they will. They'll be all over Coretta and Lowery, with the help of the media they'll trivialize her funeral, her death, the honor being paid to her, by claiming her funeral was all a big stunt, a big act, one big political opportunity for the Democrats to abuse a poor old dead woman, they'll say. More... Posted by: Pat C on February 8, 2006 02:11 PMIf I were the media I would stay away from the King Funeral. In case it wasn't noticed, the speakers were cheered, given standing ovations. The majority in that church were not the least uncomfortable with what was said by Dr. Lowrey, Jimmy Carter and others. http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2006/02/spare-us-lectures.html Posted by: Sally on February 8, 2006 02:54 PMA little history. http://www.thekingcenter.org/prog/non/Letter.pdf Posted by: Pat C on February 8, 2006 03:09 PM
In interviews, senior Democrats said they were optimistic about significant gains in Congressional elections this fall, calling this the best political environment they have faced since President Bush took office. But Democrats described a growing sense that they had failed to take full advantage of the troubles that have plagued Mr. Bush and his party since the middle of last year, driving down the president's approval ratings, opening divisions among Republicans in Congress over policy and potentially putting control of the House and Senate into play in November. Asked to describe the health of the Democratic Party, Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said: "A lot worse than it should be. This has not been a very good two months." "We seem to be losing our voice when it comes to the basic things people worry about," Mr. Dodd said. Democrats said they had not yet figured out how to counter the White House's long assault on their national security credentials. And they said their opportunities to break through to voters with a coherent message on domestic and foreign policy — should they settle on one — were restricted by the lack of an established, nationally known leader to carry their message this fall. Posted by: wv on February 8, 2006 03:33 PMKurt Vonnegut, ever spicy, has this to say about our current predicament. Way too many children are already experiencing the depravity of this administration's policies. Effective social programs are being dismantled faster than you can say "make 'em eat dirt." If Iran retaliates, by shutting the Straits of Hormuz, we'll all be lining up for sticks of wood to burn. So many movies play through my thought, perhaps Dr. Zhivago best epitomizes this vision i'm having. It ain't pretty. By nature, i'm optiimistic, but i see no way out of the coming events even though i continue to project and receive the light of love, mystery and magic. k Posted by: karen on February 8, 2006 05:13 PM
Who's Hormonal? Hillary or Dick? The Republicans succeed because they keep it simple, ruthless and mythic. In 2000 and 2004, G.O.P. gunslingers played into the Western myth and mined images of manliness, feminizing Al Gore as a Beta Tree-Hugger, John Kerry as a Waffling War Wimp With a Hectoring Wife and John Edwards as his true bride, the Breck Girl. Now, in the distaff version of Swift-boating, they are casting Hillary Clinton as an Angry Woman, a she-monster melding images of Medea, the Furies, harpies, a knife-wielding Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction" and a snarling Scarlett Johansson in "Match Point." (How many pregnant mistresses does Woody Allen have to kill off in movies before he feels he's reversed Dostoyevsky and proved that if the crime is worth it, there should be no punishment?) Republicans think that men who already have nagging, bitter women in their lives will not want for president the sort of woman who gave W. a dyspeptic smile or eye-rolling appraisal during State of the Union addresses. In "Commander in Chief," writers were careful to make Geena Davis's chief executive calm and controlled under pressure — even when her rival, played by Donald Sutherland, made an insulting menopause crack. The hit on Hillary may seem crude and transparent. But in the void created by dormant Democrats, crouching in what Barack Obama calls "a reactive posture," crude and transparent ploys work for the Republicans. Just look at how far the Bushies' sulfurous scaremongering on terror, and cynical linkage of Saddam and Osama, have gotten them. The gambit handcuffs Hillary: If she doesn't speak out strongly against President Bush, she's timid and girlie. If she does, she's a witch and a shrew. That plays particularly well in the South, where it would be hard for an uppity Hillary to capture many more Bubbas than the one she already has. It's the riddle of the Sphinx that has been floating around since the selection of Geraldine Ferraro. Betty Friedan worried then that a woman seen as a threat to men would not get to the White House. But how can a woman who's not a threat to men get there? The G.O.P. honcho Ken Mehlman kicked off the misogynistic attack on George Stephanopoulos's Sunday show. "I don't think the American people, if you look historically, elect angry candidates," he said. Referring to Hillary's recent taunts about Republicans, he added, "Whether it's the comments about the plantation or the worst administration in history, Hillary Clinton seems to have a lot of anger." Hillary did not sound angry when she made those comments — she's learned since her tea-and-cookies outburst in the '92 campaign. A man who wants to undermine a woman's arguments can ignore the substance and simply dismiss her as unstable and shrill. It's a hoary tactic: women are more mercurial than men; they get depressed more often and pop pills more often. As a top psychiatrist once told me, women are "hormonally more complicated and biologically more vulnerable." But as the G.O.P. tars Hillary as hysterical, it is important to note that women are affected by lunar tides only once a month, while Dick Cheney has rampaging hormones every day. Republicans have also labeled men hysterical (from the Greek for "womb"). Howard Dean was skewered on the Scream. And when John McCain was soaring in the 2000 primaries, Bush supporters viciously whispered that his fits of temper signaled that he had come back from Vietnam with snakes in his head. Senator McCain went over the top again this week in a letter to Senator Obama. Although Mr. McCain tried to cast his "I'm the reformer — you back off, new guy" letter as "straight talk" after an Obama dis, it was snide and bitchy, more like an angry missive of a spurned lover to an ex-boyfriend than a note from a respected senior senator to a respected junior one. Mr. McCain could take a lesson from Condi Rice, who gets hyperarticulate and bristly when she's mad, but not bitchy. Or Oprah, whose anger at James Frey had a Mosaic dignity. Hillary's problem isn't that she's angry. It's that she's not angry enough. From Iraq to Katrina and the assault on the Constitution, from Schiavo to Alito and N.S.A. snooping to Congressional corruption, Hillary has failed to lead in voicing outrage. She's been too busy triangulating and calculating to be good at articulating. The Republicans can't marginalize Hillary. She has already marginalized herself.
OK...going out on a limb here, but watch for an earthquake in WashDC on Mar 20. Of the w*a*r kind. And no loyal dem v*oting yeh on it. BTW...have gotten this message more than once.
re the smearing on a persoanl level of people in politics....I remember that about 15 years ago there was a study done to see how long it would take to get equality in gender rights for women...in attitude, in law, in acceptance. It was said that it would take 1000 years! In the meantime, the rethuglican attacks have resonance because the people being spoken TO (the rethuglican voters) have those attitudes already. Racially, also....philosophically, also.... I know, I have heard all of them for years from a republican friend. Painful to listen to, at the least...a reflection on the speaker of course....not those being spoken ABOUT. John McCain is an awful bitch himself (I lived in AZ for 10 years...I get the word from people who know) , and for a hero of the war who endured enormous pain, perhaps he just applies those abilities to endure physical pain to his emotions....and bends over for another reaming from his party with the same stoic attitiude. But left to himself, he is a bitch. This also highlights Obama's one strength....he doesn't easily get baited. Posted by: judiG on February 8, 2006 05:33 PMpoll needs help. It's on comments at Coretta King's funeral. People are so stupid. 67% saying the comments were inappropriate. Too bad we can't live in alternate universes so they could all stay in their cruddy, stupid one and we could get on with our lives. Marta
In case you're short a hot topic tonight, Bill O'Reilly, take a look at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors -- which is working up a resolution calling for the "full investigation, impeachment or resignation'' of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. The Pennsylvania Avenue Pair's alleged crimes: -- Waging an unnecessary war in Iraq. -- Authorizing torture of terrorist prisoners. -- Failing to respond adequately to Hurricane Katrina. -- And not to be forgotten -- ordering the secret wiretapping of U.S. citizens without a warrant. San Francisco's ever-left-leaning Supervisor Chris Daly placed the resolution on the board's consent calendar Tuesday -- but the matter was sent to committee at the request of Supervisor Sean Elsbernd, who opposes the resolution. That ensures a roll-call vote when it eventually comes back to full board. "I have more important things to do than to vote for President Bush's impeachment,'' Elsbernd said. But from the looks of things, Elsbernd is in the minority. There appear to be more than enough supervisors lining up to pass the resolution. "Absolutely -- I support it, '' said board President Aaron Peskin, who gave the resolution a quick first read when we phoned him. "One of the fundamental tenets of a democratic society is the freedom of elected officials to express sentiments on behalf of their constituents,'' said North Beach's Peskin. "And I believe the sentiments expressed in this resolution are widely held by the voters of San Francisco." Supervisor Jake McGoldrick, whose battles with Daly have been widely reported over the years, is also on board. "I never thought in my lifetime I would see a form of fascism where the corporate powers have taken total control of the government,'' McGoldrick told us. Daly says he sponsored the resolution at the request of the San Francisco Democratic Central Committee, which passed an identical version a couple of weeks ago. "I'm just being a good Democrat,'' he said, before hopping on his bike and riding off from City Hall. For the record, San Francisco wouldn't be the first city to call for a Bush impeachment investigation. Back in September, on a 6-1 vote, the Santa Cruz City Council made a similar call. Posted by: wv on February 8, 2006 06:13 PMClaudia Dikinis over at starcats has some interesting information and observations (and picture) about transits leading up to the March eclipse. Posted by: shylurker on February 8, 2006 06:51 PMWhile we were distracted by Alito, Bush put privatized Social Security into the budget. Bush's Social Security Sleight of Hand Posted by: Pat C on February 8, 2006 08:09 PMGo here to read how Bush is seemingly allowing http://writ.corporate.findlaw.com/dean/20060113.html bob Posted by: bob on February 8, 2006 09:10 PM
The Honorable John McCain Dear John: Thank you for inviting me to participate in the meeting yesterday to discuss lobbying and ethics reform proposals currently before the Senate. I appreciate your willingness to reach out to me and several other Senate Democrats to discuss what should be done to restore public confidence in the way that Congress conducts its business. The discussion clearly underscored the difficult challenge facing Congress. You and many in the Democratic Caucus have played a major role in reform efforts in the Senate. In fact, the Indian Affairs Committee hearings you led were instrumental in promoting public awareness of the culture of corruption that has permeated the nation's capital. As you know, Senator Harry Reid and others in the Democratic Caucus have taken an important step by introducing S. 2180, the Honest Leadership Act, which imposes many of the same disclosure requirements for lobbyists that you have proposed, while also strengthening enforcement, eliminating "pay to play" schemes, and imposing more restrictive rules on meals, gifts, and travel that Members and their staff can receive from special interests that advocate before Congress. This bill, which now has the support of 40 members of the Democratic Caucus, represents a significant step in addressing many of the worst aspects of corruption that have come to light as a result of the Justice Department investigation of Jack Abramoff. I know you have expressed an interest in creating a task force to further study and discuss these matters, but I and others in the Democratic Caucus believe the more effective and timely course is to allow the committees of jurisdiction to roll up their sleeves and get to work on writing ethics and lobbying reform legislation that a majority of the Senate can support. Committee consideration of these matters through the normal course will ensure that these issues are discussed in a public forum and that those within Congress, as well as those on the outside, can express their views, ensuring a thorough review of this matter. Given the state of affairs in Washington, we have a historic opportunity to make fundamental changes in the way our government operates so that the actions we take as public officials are responsive and transparent to the American people. Thank you again for your interest in this important matter. Sincerely, Barack Obama Mc Cain's letter follows Posted by: wv on February 8, 2006 09:54 PMNew Orleanians Turn on Their Own Lights; Five months after Katrina plunged New Orleans into darkness, roughly 124,000 homes and businesses — or more than 66 percent of the city's structures — still have no electricity. George Bush is a Failure.
http://face-of-muhammed.blogspot.com/ Posted by: wv on February 8, 2006 10:44 PMhttp://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/ Do you believe the media should publish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed blamed for numerous deaths and riots across the world? Posted by: Pat C on February 8, 2006 11:48 PMI don't care what anyone says about anyone at this point and what's going to happen. A huge, and I mean HUGE truth snuk out at the funeral yesterday. "Weapons of mass misdirection" It was so factual and a genuine plea, without political gain or revenge tinging it. Lowery knows something about good leadership. How in the world can people follow such a bewildered lost man? And how can others justify it? Where on earth are there heads? These words rang out into the airwaves and its too late to bury it. The desperation of the media is something to witness and they are playing a losing game, since the natutral swing indicates that truth should be on the rise in the psyche. As always, the most important things are overlooked. It's by chance, it seems, that we progress at all. Posted by: jm on February 8, 2006 11:50 PMOur so called leader was so completely eclipsed yesterday, by people who REALLY struggled for freedom and know something about it, that all of those who are trying to falsify the truth should be ashamed. The hypocrisy of it all is astounding. Posted by: jm on February 8, 2006 11:54 PMAnd one thing for certain, in all political persuasions. Politicians are totally inept as masking their insecurity, greed, lust for power, opportunism, lack of dignity, restraint and respect, pettiness, and overall smallness of stature. While the poets make us cry, and the unfamous stir our souls. Posted by: jm on February 9, 2006 12:07 AMI used to stay out of the public arena as much as possible because of the raw sewage that covered the ground. People eat it, cover their bodies with it, throw it at one another, put it in a frame and call it art, and receive the highest praise with golden statuettes for producing more of it. They have a lot to learn about waste and the human creature. Katrina was no fluke.
The extraordinary legal defence of George Bush's domestic spying reads like a blend of Kafka, Le Carré and Mel Brooks Sidney Blumenthal Guardian In 1996, Governor George W Bush received a summons to serve on a jury, which would have required his admission that 20 years earlier he had been arrested for drunk driving. Already planning his presidential campaign, he did not want this information made public. His lawyer made the novel argument to the judge that Bush should not have to serve because "he would not, as governor, be able to pardon the defendant in the future". (The defendant was a stripper accused of drunk driving.) The judge agreed, and it was not until the closing days of the 2000 campaign that Bush's record surfaced. On Monday, the same lawyer, Alberto Gonzales - now attorney general - appeared before the senate judiciary committee to defend "the client", as he called the president. http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,5394880-103677,00.html Posted by: wv on February 9, 2006 12:48 AMTuesday, February 7, 2006 WHAT A DIFFERENCE eight years makes. In 1998, then-Atty. Gen. Janet Reno was repeatedly battered by Congress for showing insufficient independence from President Clinton (by naming only seven independent counsels instead of nine to investigate his administration). Republicans in one House committee issued Reno a rare contempt citation for refusing to cough up internal memos, while U.S. Circuit Judge Laurence H. Silberman opined that she was "in effect acting as the president's counsel under the false guise of representing the United States." .... . .. http://tinyurl.com/8jlnw --LAT Posted by: Pat C on February 9, 2006 01:05 AM
by Nat Hentoff
The January 18 reponse from the White House to this charge was utterly, shamelessly predictable. Presidential spokesman Scott McClellan, rejecting this description of the United States, proclaimed: "The United States does more than any country in the world to advance freedom and promote freedom and human rights." http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0606,hentoff,72049,6.html Posted by: wv on February 9, 2006 01:50 AMWell, well, well--guess who's back? THE HAMMER!!! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060208/ap_on_go_co/delay_appropriations Posted by: Garry on February 9, 2006 02:01 AMhttp://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/08/1516213 Last Tributes to Coretta Scott King: Maya Angelou, Rev. Lowery, Pres. Jimmy Carter, Bernice King Remember Civil Rights Pioneer reported on msnbc: 22 congressman have signed a petition for the investigation of impeachment charges against dimboy. Last year (was it only a year ago?) I wrote of my The man could be elected President again-with ease. Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 9, 2006 03:22 AMStar IQ: ""When the eclipse chart is set for Washington D.C. at 5:16 am, Mars is found near the foundation of the horoscope, while Pluto is passing overhead. The Mars-Pluto opposition and its association with military conflict becomes the dominant vibration by virtue of its angularity over the nation's capital. In addition, Pluto is extraordinarily potent here since it's simultaneously turning retrograde while conjunct the Galactic Center. . ." Since the report of much of the "government" being
http://www.iamamerica.com/Pages/coasttocoast/usprophecies.html Posted by: wv on February 9, 2006 03:46 AM
How one word granted one man so much power and control By Mike Adams The outright evil of one man is not nearly as surprising (nor frightening) as the collective evil of the people who go along with him. Dumbfounded Conservatives all across the country blindly stroll into history along the same well-trodden path followed by Hitler's fascist supporters. It's a well-worn path: First you create an imaginary enemy to justify war. Then you strip away the civil liberties of your own citizens and launch domestic spying programs to keep everyone in a constant state of fear. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11836.htm
POSTED: 10:40 am EST February 8, 2006 Soldiers Face Debilitating Diseases They served their time in the military in places like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and more recently, Iraq and Afghanistan. Most returned in good health. But an NBC 30 investigation has found that for some soldiers, their service has meant a long and debilitating death sentence with mysterious diseases. "I have good days, I have bad days," said M. Sterry, of New Haven. "There were eight of us that served together. Six of my friends are dead." She looks healthy, but Sterry is a very sick woman who has no idea how much longer she will live. "I have good days, I have bad days. There were eight of us that served together. Six of my friends are dead." "I've had three heart attacks, two heart surgeries. I have chronic headaches, chronic upper respiratory infections. I get pneumonia two or three times a year," she said. "I have chronic fatigue, joint aches, muscle aches. I have a rash that migrates all over my body." http://www.nbc30.com/news/6837518/detail.html Posted by: wv on February 9, 2006 04:17 AMWV, thanks for the above article link I thought to add the last two sentences below to your quote from the article above, the very last sentence here being of the most import - and exactly what I have suggested was going on with the "detention" camps. "all across the country blindly stroll into history along the same well-trodden path followed by Hitler's fascist supporters. "Next you manipulate the propaganda to tell everyone what to think." " The torturing of "enemy combatants" is already underway, and it won't be long before the clockwork arrest of "dissenting" Americans begins. " Watching Debbie Wasserman Schartz & Tim Ryan (Ohio) on cspan do a duologue in the House. wv, Anybody wanna comment on the possibilty that this "false alarm" security alarm in Washington? Like maybe it was a setup...just like scare tactics help persuade us that the NSA must do its job? or something weird and stupid like that? It's been a long day. Posted by: Beasley on February 9, 2006 05:04 AMJust putting new bugging devices in the offices, Beasley. Nothing to worry about. Posted by: shylurker on February 9, 2006 05:23 AMlol, PQ. You understand so well. Posted by: jm on February 9, 2006 05:57 AMEvery time they do one of these evacuations of Senate Office Buildings, I wonder whose desk is being rifled, or what bugging decices are being put in place. .............. http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=269 PEW Posted by: Pat C on February 9, 2006 06:06 AMWell, no matter how much we might like to simply bury our dead with religiosity, it seems that political desire can't help but dominate every event these days. perhaps this is a good thing underneath it all. Here are some interesting comments from an African American perspective: "Bill and hil standing together with the clear message that hey folks vote for hil and you’ll get me back in the whitehouse. Unmistakeable and not suprising. Although I wonder why clinton asked the audience what they were going to do about the king center? I guess he believes because a few black folk say he’s our first black president he can run his mouth about what we need to do?" "As a black person I’m just tired of the clintons thinking they got our votes in the bag. Many blacks see them as the best thing since sliced bread but there are a few of us who see them for who they are. and these days they aren't looking so decent." "I do share you guys thoughts on the Bil-Hil affair. It was nice that he got a loud, standing ovation, but I thought it was very tacky to pimp Hil as the next president at Sister Coretta’s expense." "Florida Dem- I hope more black folks catch on about clintons stepping over the line. Oh we the people of so many varied views.
And all this crybabying about politicizing the funeral is nonsense. These people are ultra hip and savvy having been in the public eye for many many years. If they had not wanted political discussion they would have made it a private affair. Good golly. Posted by: jm on February 9, 2006 07:51 AMFunny . Those "black comments" seem to be phrased in Now who or what do we know that blames everything on Clinton? duh. Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 9, 2006 07:57 AMPallas, here's the site. http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1875#comments Just a different view. It won't change yours. I don't like Clinton, but many people do. He's just a man, another politician. I have to work on being realistic about the ones I favor, but I think it's wise. Elections coming up, an' all. Posted by: jm on February 9, 2006 08:48 AMI would like to add that with Saturn transiting Leo we have such an important opportunity and responsibility to try and see these people realistically. We are in a leadership crisis in this country and we are the only ones to fix it. Soon the Neptune opposition will come, and the illusions could very well come clear. It's highly possible that the Bush supporters who have been waiting for his great Lincolnesque moment will have to face the fact that it's not coming. Likewise, the progressives should take a hard look at their leadership. If we look carefully at the flaws, we can try to make better choices in the near future. We can't go back now. Everyone before had led us up to this. And we need a change. Posted by: jm on February 9, 2006 09:01 AMStates' rights coming up? "Seeking more money from Washington for hurricane relief, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco entered uncharted legal territory with a threat on Monday to block oil and gas leases worth hundreds of millions to the federal treasury unless the state received its "fair share" of the revenues. "It's time to play hardball, as I believe that's the only game Washington understands," Ms. Blanco said Monday night as she opened the second special legislative session she has called since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Oil and gas companies pay for the right to extract natural resources from the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana collects royalties, as well as severance taxes on resources extracted within three miles of its border. Those programs add hundreds of millions of dollars a year to the state treasury. Louisiana receives no share of the leasing fees on oil and gas reserves beyond the three miles, which are in federal waters. The federal government negotiates those leases, which give more influential states like Florida and Texas extended state waters, effective every August. Ms. Blanco, a Democrat, said Monday that she sought to split the leasing fees 50-50. "If no effort is made to guarantee our fair share of royalties," she said, "I have warned the federal government that we will be forced to block the August sale of offshore oil and gas leases." It remains to be seen whether the governor has the authority to block the leases. By statute, the Minerals Management Service, the agency in the Interior Department that oversees offshore leases, has to seek comment from the affected governors. It is not clear what occurs if a governor refuses to approve a pact. "You can say we're in unprecedented territory here" Posted by: jm on February 9, 2006 09:50 AMBeasley, as for the false alarm -- call me crazy but.... I find it rather interesting that this offered another Watergate reminder (even noted on the CNN news) -- the false alarm for nerve gas was in the Russell Senate Office Building, that just so happened to have been used for the Watergate hearings... (http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc77.htm) J.M, As for those African-American comments: I am one, and I'm not fond of Hillary either. But the King Center is in danger of being sold to the Park Service. I doubt if Clinton said those things without the King family's consent, or would have brought them up unless the family was concerned. Posted by: Carol on February 9, 2006 11:41 AMThanks, Carol. So clear. Posted by: jm on February 9, 2006 11:44 AMMore sleazy (FEMA related). Also, this looks like it might become a good news source. Do any of you know anything about it? I don't know if the newssource is reliable Shylurker, but I do know in this instance that is what happened. There was an article about it or about them in an Australian paper when Katrina happened. Also on the "Bil and Hil" comments regarding the King Center, there has been a family row going on between Coretta, and two of her children who didn't want to sell to the park service and two other children and some board members who do want to sell. This is one of several articles I've read regarding their disagreement, so two are for and two against plus a split on the board of trustees and what they think or want to do with the King Center. http://soapbox.townhall.com/opinion/columns/matttowery/2006/01/19/182955.html Posted by: Sally on February 9, 2006 02:50 PM
Brown's stance, in a letter obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, follows senators' complaints that the White House is refusing to answer questions or release documents about advice given to Bush concerning the August 29 storm. Brown quit as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency days after Katrina struck. He left the federal payroll November 2. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/02/09/fema.brown.ap/ Posted by: wv on February 9, 2006 02:57 PM
The Nation's Dual Political Dynasties Are Growing Closer Than Arm's Length By ELISABETH BUMILLER The scene, a riveting tableau in the six-hour celebration of Mrs. King's life and the political power of black America, offered complex layers of interconnecting relationships: father and son, husband and wife, president and former president, adversary turned ally and first lady turned senator turned probable presidential candidate. Posted by: wv on February 9, 2006 03:23 PM
Some interesting letters.... http://www.crystalinks.com/elliesworld.html Posted by: wv on February 9, 2006 03:35 PMhttp://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/06/02/int06005.html Mark Crispin Miller Connects the Dots on Election Problems Part 2 A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW That refusal to confront the evidence, and to concede that Bush & Co. were not elected, is certainly not based on reason. It’s based, rather, on deep denial and fearful ideology. It’s based on the absurd conviction that it can’t happen here. But ... our whole system of government is based on the assumption that it can happen anywhere, at any time—that it can happen here, and surely will unless we keep this system going with all its checks and balances. The Framers studied history, and saw “it” happening repeatedly, wherever power was concentrated in one person or one body or one mob. That’s why they designed the system as they did. * * * Mark Crispin Miller, professor of culture and communication at New York University, is an expert in propaganda and mass persuasion. Having scrutinized the election of 2004, he concludes that team Bush wants to permanently disenfranchise the majority. In his "J'accuse" book on the 2004 election, Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them), Miller documents how the Republicans likely stole a second presidential election, just in a more complicated way than they did in 2000. To those who dismiss such claims as "over the top," BuzzFlash responds, if the Republicans stole the presidency in 2000 by hot-wiring the Supreme Court of the United States, why wouldn't they do it again? They would -- and they probably did. If we could transplant Mark Crispin Miller's passion and stamina into the backbones of the Democrats in the U.S. Senate, we wouldn't have a silent coup taking place now in the United States. In this, Part 2 of a two-part interview, Miller looks at the voting machines, and at our collective refusal to see and acknowledge what has happened to our democracy. (Part 1 is here.) * * * BuzzFlash: Let’s talk about a major problem that the press refuses to discuss: the privatization of the voting process. That’s really what the spread of computerized voting machines is all about. Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia—the three largest manufacturers of such machines—are private vendors. They keep their programming codes secret as “proprietary information,” and, worse, all three are extremely close to the Republican Party. There is no way to determine whether these machines are accurate. Using them is tantamount to having secret vote counts. More.... Posted by: Pat C on February 9, 2006 04:46 PM
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN At a time when conservative Christian groups have been particularly quick to strike back at Hollywood fare they find offensive, Sony Pictures faced a predicament with its coming film "The Da Vinci Code." Should the studio try to mollify the critics who say the "Code" is blasphemy, with its plot describing a church conspiracy to cover up the truth that Jesus married and never rose from the dead? Or should it ignore the complainers, sit back and watch the controversy boost ticket sales? Instead, Sony has decided to hand a big bullhorn to the detractors of "The Da Vinci Code." The company is putting up a Web site today — well ahead of the movie's release on May 19 — that will give a platform to some of the fiercest critics of "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown, the book that is the movie's source. The site, thedavincichallenge.com, will post essays by about 45 Christian writers, scholars and leaders of evangelical organizations who will pick apart the book's theological and historical claims about Christianity. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/movies/09davi.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print Posted by: wv on February 9, 2006 05:04 PMPoor widdle Israel...... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4696038.stm Posted by: Garry on February 9, 2006 05:46 PMDa Vinci Code? Pfffffft. If you really want to know what happened to Jesus, read Tom Robbins' "Another Roadside Attraction". Nice book. Posted by: shylurker on February 9, 2006 06:45 PM" . . . to spend more time with his family." *Wink* *Wink* http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/02/senior_administ.html Posted by: shylurker on February 9, 2006 07:01 PMRight Shy!!! They probably just told him about the next synthetic "terra" event....speaking of which, conspiracy time.... this site http://www.jmccanneyscience.com/ says there was supposed to have been something pulled at last weekend's Super Bowl, but it didn't happen--maybe the Ghost Troop stopped them again? Anyway, very interesting... Posted by: Garry on February 9, 2006 08:11 PM
http://www.sfgate.com/comics/fiore/ Posted by: wv on February 9, 2006 09:07 PMAre you ready for your closeup? Posted by: Pat C on February 9, 2006 09:34 PMhttp://www.financialsense.com/editorials/skousen/2006/0201.html HOMELAND SECURITY WILL CONTROL SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES IN A CRISIS A source at Bellaciao.com filed the following report, which has been confirmed from other sources: "A family member from Irvine, CA (who's a branch manager at Bank of America) told us two weeks ago that her bank held a workshop where the last two days were dedicated to discussing their bank's new security measures... [M]embers from the Homeland Security Office instructed them on how to field calls from customers and what they are to tell them in the event of a national disaster. She said they were told how only agents from Homeland Security (during such an event) would be in charge of opening safe deposit boxes and determining what items would be given to bank customers. At this point they were told that no weapons, cash, gold, or silver will be allowed to leave the bank -- only various paperwork will be given to its owners. After discussing the matter with them at length, she and the other employees were then told not to discuss the subject with anyone. "The family member has since given her notice to quit the bank. I found the news alarming and decided to find out more myself. On a trip to my bank here in Houston, I remarked to a young bank employee (who's new there), 'Well I guess you've been told all that stuff by the manager and the Homeland Security about what to tell your customers' - and to my amazement, the young woman came right out and said yes she'd been through all that, then whispered to me across the counter, 'but we're not supposed to talk about it - I could lose my job.'" Lesson to learn: don't depend on getting access to a safety deposit box. If you must use one, only keep documents in it -- no valuables. Obviously the feds plan on confiscating gold again Posted by: Pat C on February 9, 2006 10:26 PMthis is one of the most exciting times in American politics I've experienced. I attended the meeting of my local chapter of Drinking Liberally last night and met one of the people runnng for Congress. The enthusiasm was high and a lot of young people are psyched. The 60's junkies are all out in force too. One of the reasons, I think, is that this is the first election where the blogosphere is going to be a real force. A serious tool. And it could be heralding a big change in the political landscape of this country. That was the reason for the filibuster attempt. Kerry and Kennedy knew full well it would fail. They did it to energize us and help us flex our tiny new muscle. To get us in touch with our power and prepare us for action. You can see the uproar it created. I can't wait to see what develops. If the Dems take the House I will feel a jubilation beyond description, but if they don't, they will pick up seats and that's good too. The Repubs are stuck in their own terror trap now. It's the only card they can play and the people have now caught on and are wary, not to mention sick of terror. They want a new reel. The more I look at it, I think Bush was just invited to his public execution via Coretta Scott King. He was flattened and I don't see how he can resurrect himself. I think it was a political event puposefully as African Americans are on the rise in American politics. The Civil Rights Movement was a huge and powerful event in American history, mixing politics and sprituality with great expertise and leaving us with a hero who went down in history worldwide. If these people think they can return to Jim Crow and undo what happened they'd better think again. It's not going to happen. And finally, Max Cleland is leading the Fighting Dems who have chosen a very good name for themselves...VSA...Veteran's for a Secure America. The myth of Republicans being good at defense will have to be shattered eventually. We have some real problems in the ME and elsewhere, and jsut in case we run into trouble, we don't want this administration in charge. The one who has waged the most disastrous war in recent history, if not all of it. With Jupiter in Scorpio, we'll see if Max gets the revenge he's seeking. At any rate, the Swift Boat liars should be sinking soon. Posted by: jm on February 9, 2006 10:37 PMI just read something very interesting in my paper. The great Bluesman, B.B.King, is coming to town to give a talk, not a concert. I wonder what he'll be saying? Posted by: jm on February 9, 2006 11:34 PMTOAST. CNN news tonight: Scooter Libby testified he waw authorized by "higher-ups" to revel classified information in the Plame case. Scooter Libby, Chief of Staff, has only two higher ups - Gergen more or less stated. It leads right to Bush and Cheney and those missing e mails. Meanwhile dimboy tried to drown out that news by revealing "he himself, alone, all by himself, saved America and Los Angeles from a terra attack of a plane going into a LA skyscraper. BULLsheet Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 10, 2006 12:12 AMHOLY SHEET Barney Frank on Tweety SEIOUSLY accusing dimboy Hmm... Maybe Kanye West was right? Posted by: NEOBuckeye on February 10, 2006 12:53 AMHurry, turn on Keith Olbermann, msnbc heckuva job Brownie is threatening dimboy that if he doesn't pony up with a lawer for Brownie, Brownie is going to reveal e mails with the Pres and what he said about New Orleans.....
popcorn please. Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 10, 2006 01:03 AM(drudge) $8.8 BILLION UNACCOUNTED FOR IN IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION; U.S. OFFICIAL: OVERSIGHT 'NONEXISTENT' Thu Feb 9 2006 14:54:26 ET One Company is Accused in a Lawsuit of Bilking the U.S. Out of $50 Million. Some $8.8 billion dispersed for reconstruction efforts in Iraq is unaccounted for, says the U.S. official in charge of tracing it.Ę Steve Kroft investigates how some of the $50 billion the U.S. spent on reconstruction-related work was spent - particularly money paid to a contractor, Custer Battles, now being sued for fraud - for a 60 MINUTES report to be broadcast Sunday, Feb. 12 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Stuart Bowen, special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, says $8.8 billion is unaccounted for because oversight on the part of the Coalition Provisional Authority, the entity governing Iraq after the war, "was relatively nonexistent." The former number two man at the Coalition, Frank Willis, concurs. "I would describe [the accounting system] as nonexistent." Without a financial infrastructure, checks and money transfers were not possible, so the Coalition kept billions in cash to pay for its multitude of projects. "Fresh, new, crisp, unspent, just-printed $100 bills. It was the Wild West," says Willis. Such an atmosphere made it possible for billions to go missing and companies to defraud the Coalition. Custer Battles, a company quickly formed after the war to get reconstruction contracts, goes on trial next week accused in a whistleblower suit by an ex-employee of bilking the U.S. government out of $50 million. "[Custer Battles] wanted to open fraudulent companies overseas and inflate their invoices to the U.S. government," says the ex-employee, Robert Isakson. He says he refused to go along with the scheme and "two weeks later, they began exactly the fraud they described to me," he tells Kroft. Willis remembers Custer Battles, which was formed by former Army Ranger Scott Custer and a failed congressional candidate, Mike Battles, who claimed to be active in the Republican party and have connections to the White House. "They came in with a can-do attitude whether they could or not," he says, "They were not experienced. They didn't know what they were doing," says Willis. They nevertheless got contracts and their work quickly drew complaints. "They failed miserably," says Col. Richard Ballard of a $15 million contract Custer Battles got to secure the Baghdad Airport. Col. Ballard, the inspector general for the Army in Iraq at the time, says the company failed to provide the x-ray equipment required by the contract. "These were multi-million-dollar devices for which they received a considerable cash advance so that they could procure them, and then they never procured this equipment," says Col. Ballard. On a bomb-sniffing dog and trainer Custer Battles did procure, Col. Ballard says, "I think it was a guy and his pet, to be honest with you," he tells Kroft. The Colonel noted that the dog Ę"would refuse to sniff the vehicles." And this!! "Israel's domestic security agency, Shin Bet, has said his country may come to regret the overthrow of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Someone's after these cats. I'm going back to my original theory that the stolen election was a set-up to bring them down permanently. Posted by: jm on February 10, 2006 01:18 AMI think they might have been suckered and double crossed in an international scheme and they are trying desperately to cover up their stupidity. Posted by: jm on February 10, 2006 01:20 AMToday made me CRAZY! Mayor of Los Angeles was not advised of plane in wahoooo wwwwwwheeeeee Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 10, 2006 01:44 AMLadies and Gentlemen, fasten your seat belts as we careen through the Galactic Center. Posted by: jm on February 10, 2006 01:47 AMPat C "only agents from Homeland Security (during such an event) would be in charge of opening safe deposit boxes and determining what items would be given to bank customers. At this point they were told that no weapons, cash, gold, or silver will be allowed to leave the bank " thanks. c'est incredible Yet it's no surprise to anybody whose been following this blog since dimboy came into office. Was 571, went down to 559 and now is back on the way up- profit taking and also people selling to buy 30 year t bills which have just been re-introduced. With what we know, does anybody here thought not. Stick with gold coins, cause you aint gonna be gettin no cash out of the bank in a disaster. Keep canned food and water on hand. Keep extra gas can filled. that bastid. Planning on making all the US into New Orleans at the Colliseum. Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 10, 2006 01:56 AMThat was Senators and Congressman, to complain. Asbestos Relief? huh? Halliburton is supposed to pay billions for those We're supposed to contribute so Halliburton doesn't have to be obligated? Huh? Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 10, 2006 02:02 AMI hope C Span is going to follow Congress tomorrow, Friday the 9th. It should be a doozy. The writing in on the wall in big letters and Congress can't ignore it. Tomorrow's aspects for the USA Gemini chart include : 11th house (of Congress) T.Vertex is on the USA's natal Chiron. 9th House (of Law/Higher Legal) T. Chiron is conjunct the USA South Node 3rd House (of news and communications and light bulb going off) T. Saturn is on the USA Natal North Node - not much good news associated with that aspect. AND 7th House: T. Pluto at 26 Sag in the 7th of open enemies is inconjunct/quincunx T. Mars in the 12th of secrets meaning a forced adjustment - some nasty dirty ugly secrets are going to come out tomorrow. And with T. Vertex on the USA Chiron, a lot of Congress is going to feel the wound and the hurt -they won't be able to stick their heads in the sand anymore after tomorrow it says. Is Brownie appearing before Congress tomorrow? Didn't I once say "revelation after revelation" ? Tomorrow should be a doozie. That's what I said Pallas1800! They're soliciting donations to the asbestos relief fund, "money will only go to the very sick!," A phone number to call if you wish to donate. And across the bottom of the screen...".No taxpayers money!" Aha. I figured it out. The unsigned posts are from PQ !! Please PQ, it drives me nuts trying to figure out who is posting. Are you incognito ? Please fill out your name so I dont have to scratch my head :) Posted by: Pallas1800 on February 10, 2006 04:20 AMhttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/politics/10katrina.html February 10, 2006 By ERIC LIPTON But Congressional investigators have now learned that an eyewitness account of the flooding from a federal emergency official reached the Homeland Security Department's headquarters starting at 9:27 p.m. the day before, and the White House itself at midnight. The Federal Emergency Management Agency official, Marty Bahamonde, first heard of a major levee breach Monday morning. By late Monday afternoon, Mr. Bahamonde had hitched a ride on a Coast Guard helicopter over the breach at the 17th Street Canal to confirm the extensive flooding. He then telephoned his report to FEMA headquarters in Washington, which notified the Homeland Security Department. "FYI from FEMA," said an e-mail message from the agency's public affairs staff describing the helicopter flight, sent Monday night at 9:27 to the chief of staff of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and recently unearthed by investigators. Conditions, the message said, "are far more serious than media reports are currently reflecting. Finding extensive flooding and more stranded people than they had thought — also a number of fires." Michael D. Brown, who was the director of FEMA until he resigned under pressure on Sept. 12, said in a telephone interview Thursday that he personally notified the White House of this news that night, though he declined to identify the official he spoke to. White House officials have confirmed to Congressional investigators that the report of the levee break arrived there at midnight, and Trent Duffy, the White House spokesman, acknowledged as much in an interview this week, though he said it was surrounded with conflicting reports. More... Posted by: Pat C on February 10, 2006 04:39 AMIran: the next war By John Pilger Has Tony Blair, our minuscule Caesar, finally crossed his Rubicon? Having subverted the laws of the civilised world and brought carnage to a defenceless people and bloodshed to his own, having lied and lied and used the death of a hundredth British soldier in Iraq to indulge his profane self-pity, is he about to collude in one more crime before he goes? * Cheney 'Authorized' Libby to Leak Classified Information ...cheney's former chief of staff, I Lewis (Scooter) Libby, testified to a fed grand jury that he had been "authorized" by cheney & other WH "superiors" in the summer of 2003 to disclose classified info to journalists to defend [rez regime]'s use of prewar intelligence in making the case to go to war with Iraq, according to attys familiar with the matter, & to court records. ... http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2006/0209nj1.htm
By James Rothenberg 02/09/06 "ICH" -- -- The political system has not been corrupted. It is working effectively, like always. The backbone is the patronage system. Politicians have wonderful memories. They know who they owe. Prostitution is a profession, allegorically the oldest one. Politics is a business. At one time it was popular to think that if someone rich enough were to get elected, he (at that time it would surely be a he) would be immune, but who can owe as much as the rich? We could try term limits, a single term. In and out. Make room for the next bright face. What do politicians do during the summer? They give college commencement speeches til hoarse, all the same speech… “You are our country’s future leaders”. Meanwhile 50 years pass, the college kid is gray and that politician still has his ass on his seat. A single term would not fundamentally change the patronage system, but it would devalue it. You’re not worth as much. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11846.htm
By Charles Sullivan Regimes such as the Bush cabal have always plagued America They are a recurring cancer that pervades every cell of society. They recur because we are treating symptoms, not underlying causes. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11853.htm Posted by: wv on February 10, 2006 03:55 PM
A transformation of the Americas is upon us By Manuel Valenzuela The Bolivarian Revolution spawned by Hugo Chavez has given hope to countless millions, granting millions more the bravery to confront America and its vast tentacles of market colonialism that has devastated the entire region. No longer scared of America's might, no longer afraid to challenge the status quo, many leaders adopting Chavez's Revolution are changing the rules of the game. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11843.htm Posted by: wv on February 10, 2006 03:56 PM
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ DENVER As Sgt. First Class Gavino Barron, dressed in a crisp Army uniform, trawls the Wal-Mart here for recruits, past stacks of pillows and towers of detergent, he is zeroing-in on one of the Army's "special missions": to increase the number of Hispanic enlisted soldiers. http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/ZNYT02/602090456 Posted by: wv on February 10, 2006 04:03 PM
The Germans, 1933-45 Excerpt from pages 166-73 of "They Thought They Were Free" First published in 1955 By Milton Mayer But Then It Was Too Late "What no one seemed to notice," said a colleague of mine, a philologist, "was the ever widening gap, after 1933, between the government and the people. Just think how very wide this gap was to begin with, here in Germany. And it became always wider. You know, it doesn’t make people close to their government to be told that this is a people’s government, a true democracy, or to be enrolled in civilian defense, or even to vote. All this has little, really nothing, to do with knowing one is governing. "What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if the people could not understand it, it could not be released because of national security. And their sense of identification with Hitler, their trust in him, made it easier to widen this gap and reassured those who would otherwise have worried about it. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11845.htm
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
The Commerce Department reported Friday that the gap between what America sells abroad and what it imports rose to $725.8 billion last year, up by 17.5 percent from the previous record of $617.6 billion set in 2004.
It marked the fourth consecutive year that America's trade deficit has set a record as American consumers continued their seemingly insatiable demand for all things foreign from new cars to televisions and electronic goods. The increased foreign competition has helped to keep the lid on prices in this country, but critics say the rising trade deficit is a major factor in the loss of nearly 3 million manufacturing jobs since mid- 2000 as U.S. companies moved production overseas to lower-waged nations. Many economists believe those manufacturing jobs will never come back. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/10/D8FMANN00.html Posted by: wv on February 10, 2006 04:16 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top Department of Homeland Security officials were told that New Orleans' levees were breached the day that Hurricane Katrina roared ashore, former disaster chief Michael Brown said Friday, contradicting previous statements by agency officials who said they did not know the levees were toppling until the next day. ''I find it a little disingenuous,'' Brown, who at the time headed the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told a Senate oversight committee. ''For them to claim that we didn't have awareness of it is just baloney.'' Brown also told senators that decisions and policies by the parent Homeland Security Department doomed FEMA to ''a path to failure'' that led to the government's slow response to the storm. He said that because of a focus on terrorism, natural disasters ''had become the stepchild of the Department of Homeland Security.'' Brown, who quit under fire as chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency just days after the Aug. 29 storm devastated much of the Gulf Coast area, said that FEMA's mission was marginalized when it was swallowed by the newly created Homeland Security agency. ''There was a cultural clash that didn't recognize the absolute inherent science of preparing for a disaster,'' he told the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. ''Any time you break that cycle ... you're doomed to failure.'' He added: ''The policies and decisions implemented by the DHS put FEMA on a path to failure.'' Earlier, the chairwoman of the panel, Sen. Susan Collins, said that FEMA missed early warning signs that emergency response teams were unprepared to handle a catastrophic disaster like Hurricane Katrina. A management audit prepared by Brown months before the Aug. 29 storm showed that the agency had a lack of adequate and consistent situational awareness to size up emergencies, and was unable to properly control inventory and track assets, she told fellow committee members. Collins said the audit also showed that FEMA misunderstood standard response procedures. ''Despite this study, key problems simply were not addressed and, as a result, opportunities to strengthen FEMA prior to Katrina were missed,'' she said. Collins said Brown also told Senate investigators that the Bush administration's sluggish response to Katrina was blamed in part on what he called a clash of cultures between preventing terrorism and preparing for other disasters. Brown's appearance in front of the Senate investigative panel came as new documents reveal that 28 federal, state and local agencies -- including the White House -- reported levee failures on Aug. 29, according to a timeline of e-mails, situation updates and weather reports. That litany was at odds with the administration's contention that it didn't know the extent of the problem until much later. At the time, President Bush said, ''I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.''
These bastards are buying unneeded weapons - while
While the Pentagon intends to increase pay and recruitment bonuses, no part of its nearly 7 percent budget increase is aimed at raising overall troop strength. Instead, a large chunk of this nearly $30 billion bonanza goes to buying more new weapons and postponing overdue cuts in wasteful Air Force and Navy projects unrelated to fighting terrorism. The prospects for Iraq might be very different today if Mr. Rumsfeld had listened to some of his own senior generals and occupation officials and authorized significantly larger ground forces from the beginning. The early looting might have been contained before it shattered political confidence and vital infrastructure. The insurgency might never have gotten such a head start. The incineration tactics of Falluja and the Abu Ghraib nightmare might have been avoided. And the Army's downward spiral of readiness, recruitment and morale might never have begun. But the obstinate ideologues in Mr. Rumsfeld's Pentagon have never accepted the fact that the reality of Iraq did not fit their assumptions. The budget and the four-year plan released with it read almost as if the current conflict had never happened and could never happen again. Instead of reallocating resources toward the real threats America faces, the military services continue to pour their money into fighting fictive superpowers in the wild blue yonder and on and below the seven seas. Pentagon budgeters showed themselves so pathetically unable to restrain spending on expensive ships and planes that they actually cut back, rather than increased, the overall size of the Army over the next few years to pay for it. It would cost about $4 billion to $5 billion a year to give the Army 30,000 more troops, the minimum it needs to check its alarming slide. Instead the Pentagon chose to begin the construction of two unneeded new stealth destroyers, which will end up costing $2 billion to $3 billion each. It also decided to splurge on a new nuclear attack submarine for $2.6 billion and to shell out $5.5 billion for separate Navy and Air Force versions of new stealth fighter jets, plus another $5.5 billion for yet a third version that either can use. In all, the Pentagon is asking for $84 billion to buy weapons systems (twice what it got in 1996) and $73 billion more for research and development. This budget would be wasteful even under a worst-case assumption that had a second superpower arising within the lifespan of these weapons, turning hostile to America and arming itself to the teeth with the most advanced weapons. There's still unnecessary spending that could be used to repair the Army, which has been ground down at least as much by Pentagon miserliness as by Iraqi insurgents. The military contractors are doing just fine. It's the troops in Iraq who need help from Washington.
Ah yes - the sound of the s***t hitting the fan . . . Pallas1800, you nailed that one! Thanks, wv, for collecting all that info. Now if only the "comfortable" people will wake up long enough to demand change. It's long been a constant source of amazement to me how very, very long human beings can live in truly awful circumstances simply because that's what they are familar with. Love all you wide awake ones at this site!! I agree with you .
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