In article
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Bill wrote:
In article
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Billy wrote:
In article
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Bill wrote:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...fa_fact_kramer
Take a step forward and then two steps back. Manifest destiny my ass.
What goes around comes around around and around.
You mean like regime change in Hawaii, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El
Salvador, Chile, Panama, Iran, and Hati, and the Congo. Attempted regime
change in Cuba (300+ acknowledged assassination attempts on Fidel).
Attempted regime change in Venezuela, where we nearly got Chavezed
killed. Support for South Africa (we told them where to find Mandela).
Military support for Indonesia during the bloody repression of East
Timore. And of coure the ever popular aiding and abetting in the theft
of Palestinian land and subsequent efforts at ethnic cleansing (see
video of "Death in Gaza" if you haven't already).
Then there is the matter of the aftermath of the Watergate break ins
which lead to the "Church Committee"(1975), referring to the United
States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with
Respect to Intelligence Activities, and the Rockefeller Commission
(1975), a.k.a. U.S. President's Commission on CIA activities within the
United States which chronicled the use of the CIA and the Mafia to
assassinate world leaders and and to discredit anti-war and civil rights
leaders in the United States. All of whose good works have been undone
by the so-called "Patriot Act".
The set piece of bigotry, brutishness, ignorance, and greed that
has for so long been a given in American political life is alive and
well.
Neil young BTW just said music wonąt change the world a few days ago.
Hell, Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers were barely sufficient.
Bill placing a seed order in a day.
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Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA
ICAO = KMIV Millville Weather
Lat 39.5982 Long -75.0358
Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant
a pine, one need only own a shovel.
-- Aldo Leopold
From what I'm reading in "Collapse" by Jarod Diamond, most societies
that have failed, started with deforestation. So good on you Bill. I'm
also becoming convinced that planting a garden is a revolutionary act.
Viva Fidel
I read Diamond's book titled "Germs Steel etc" it's been a while.
I preferred "Guns, Germs, & Steel" but "Collapse" is a good book too but
I have to pick up my pace with it. "Imperial life in the emerald city :
inside Iraq's green zone" is waiting for me at the library. Have you
already read "In Defense of Food"? If so, how do you compare it to
"Omnivore"? A month after requesting it, I've dropped down to #93 in
the queue. I might see it by early May.
Was it you who posted the URL for "The Dumbing Of America" by Susan
Jacoby? Imagine my surprise to turn on the radio, while making
breakfast, and having her interviewed on the local station. Another good
read, thanks.
Anyway since you like pop corn.
http://www.amazon.com/War-Game-Cullo...r_1_2?ie=UTF8&
s=dvd&qid=1203540287&sr=8-2
or
http://tinyurl.com/3577kh
Bill who wonders if the highlanders had won. Dam Campbell's must
always have the right. Anyway before I ramble on too much. This is an
5 star DVD. Been thinking about this film since I saw it on TV long
ago.
PS All I want for Christmas is A Hoag Kilt go figure.
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Billy
Bush, Cheney & Pelosi, Behind Bars
http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/site/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movemen...George_W._Bush