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Two Classes, Meritocrats and Their Servants. Recipe for Revolution?
Post Date: 2007-11-21 16:06:36 by aristeides
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Two Classes, Meritocrats and Their Servants. Recipe for Revolution? I'm the general contractor and main laborer on renovations of my new house, and the job has brought me into contact with working-class Americans. I enjoy this, and experience it as a privilege: it's part of the economy that my natural world, the upper-middle class media, shuts itself off from. The experience has offered lessons about the meritocracy. First off, there's a certain type of personal freedom in the working class that simply doesn't exist in the elite. A lot of the guys I've worked with are wild characters. Full of strange opinion and personal eccentricity that wouldn't be tolerated in ...
Isolation Torture Routine at Guatánamo: A How-To Manual for Psychological Torture
Post Date: 2007-11-21 15:52:55 by aristeides
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Isolation Torture Routine at Guatánamo A How-To Manual for Psychological Torture By STEPHEN SOLDZ On November 7th of this year, a major 2003 Guantanamo Standard Operating Procedures [SOP] manual was posted on the wikileaks web site. Ignored by most major sources for nearly a week, Wired and the Miami Herald picked it up the following Wednesday [the Herald amplified their reporting the next day. Reuters, has picked up on the leak Thursday and the New York Times on Friday. The Miami Herald describes the manual and its importance and give a flavor of its bureaucratic contents: "A how-to manual, it draws back a curtain on the secretive, isolated base in 2003, more than a year ...
Bush Fingered in Plame Leak Deceit
Post Date: 2007-11-21 13:32:04 by robin
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Bush Fingered in Plame Leak DeceitAssociated Press | November 21, 2007 WASHINGTON - Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative. In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, McClellan recounts the 2003 news conference in which he told reporters that aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby were "not involved" in the leak involving operative Valerie Plame. "There was one problem. It was not true," McClellan writes, according to a brief excerpt released Nov. 20. "I had unknowingly ...
Free Sherry Peel Jackson -- my letter to a federal judge
Post Date: 2007-11-21 09:48:28 by snoopdougg
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November 2, 2007 Honorable Orinda Evans United States District Courthouse 75 Spring Street Room 1988 Atlanta, GA 30303 Judge Evans, I write regarding the case The United States v. Sherry Peel Jackson. (Case No: 1:07-CR-108) All Mrs. Jackson is asking is that someone show her – and, in so doing, the American people – the specific law requiring the American people to pay taxes on their income. If you cannot present such a law, Mrs. Jackson is thereby not guilty of breaking any law and you must let her go free. If you cannot present such a law, you have no authority whatsoever to issue any sentence. If you cannot present such a law, and you deprive Mrs. Jackson of her liberty ...
THE GREATEST GENERATION MY ASS
Post Date: 2007-11-21 01:20:37 by Uncle Bill
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Was it really the 'greatest generation'? Worldnetdaily By Walter E. Williams November 21, 2007 The "greatest generation" is a term sometimes used in reference to those Americans who were raised during the Great Depression, fought in World War II, worked in farms and factories and sacrificed for the war effort while maintaining the home front. Following the war, these Americans, many of whom were born between the turn of the century and 1930, went on to produce a level of wealth and prosperity heretofore unknown to mankind. There's no question that this generation made an important contribution. Let's look at what else that generation contributed that might ...
It’s a Gonzo Protest in Florida
Post Date: 2007-11-20 20:01:12 by Zipporah
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Alberto’s first speaking engagement didn’t go quite the way he would have liked, but it’s not surprising that students protested the man who gave the President (his pal) a blank check when it comes to our civil liberties while also installing “torture” as an approved method of interrogation. Alberto is getting paid a boatload of cash (40K) to speak after disgracing his post as AG. Being a “movement conservative” is always a very profitable venture. And he took no questions from the audience. Play The Alligator:In his first appearance at a university since resigning in August, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was met at UF on Monday ...
Here Come The Thought Police
Post Date: 2007-11-20 19:21:34 by Brian S
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With overwhelming bipartisan support, Rep. Jane Harman's "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act" passed the House 404-6 late last month and now rests in Sen. Joe Lieberman's Homeland Security Committee. Swift Senate passage appears certain. Not since the "Patriot Act" of 2001 has any bill so threatened our constitutionally guaranteed rights. The historian Henry Steele Commager, denouncing President John Adams' suppression of free speech in the 1790s, argued that the Bill of Rights was not written to protect government from dissenters but to provide a legal means for citizens to oppose a government they didn't trust. Thomas ...
Cafferty's viewers warn of 'the slippery slope to a police state'
Post Date: 2007-11-20 17:46:56 by robin
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Cafferty's viewers warn of 'the slippery slope to a police state'11/20/2007 @ 11:24 am Filed by Mike Aivaz and Muriel Kane Boston police are trying to get guns off the streets by asking parents in high-crime areas to let detectives come into their homes without a warrant and search their children's bedrooms. There has been considerable controversy over the program. For example, former Boston police lieutenant Thomas Nolan, who now teaches criminology at Boston University, complained that "I just have a queasy feeling anytime the police try to do an end run around the Constitution. ... The police have restrictions on their authority and ability to conduct ...
Bill Moyers Journal on Media Consolidation Crisis [VIDEO]
Post Date: 2007-11-20 17:13:36 by robin
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Bill Moyers Journal on Media Consolidation Crisis [VIDEO] By Adam Howard, AlterNet Posted on November 19, 2007, Printed on November 20, 2007 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/www.alternet.org/68295/ On November 2, 2007, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced that the Commission would hold the sixth and final public hearing on media consolidation November 9, 2007 in Seattle, Washington. Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein blasted the Chairman's decision to give the public only five business days notice before the hearing: "With such short notice, many people will be shut out ... This is outrageous and not how important media policy should be made." In this this ...
Supreme Court won't hear appeal over 9/11 poem
Post Date: 2007-11-20 15:35:09 by robin
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Supreme Court won't hear appeal over 9/11 poemStory HighlightsNew Jersey poet laureate gave reading in 2002 of controversial poem about 9/11Poem suggests "Israelis" had advance warning of attacks on World Trade CenterFiring poet Amiri Baraka not allowed, so officials eliminated poet laureate positionBaraka sued; Court of Appeals ruled against him; Supreme Court let that ruling standFrom Bill Mears CNNWASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear an appeal from poet Amiri Baraka, whose controversial poem about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks led to the elimination of an honorary post he held as New Jersey's poet laureate.The justices declined ...
Protests, Arrests Greet Gonzales in Florida
Post Date: 2007-11-20 14:56:21 by aristeides
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Protests, Arrests Greet Gonzales in Florida The hecklers outnumbered supporters of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales during his speech at the University of Florida last night. Two protesters, dressed in bright orange garb with black hoods over their heads to resemble detainees at Guantanamo Bay, were arrested after they jumped on stage next to Gonzales, who quietly ignored them while police took them away. Gonzales was then forced to wait several minutes for the crowd to quiet down before resuming his $40,000 speech. He tried to parlay the antagonism the best he could. "Our young men and women fight overseas to preserve these kinds of freedom of speech," he continued. ...
Supreme Court Will Hear Guns Case
Post Date: 2007-11-20 13:37:18 by FOH
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide whether the District of Columbia can ban handguns, a case that could produce the most in-depth examination of the constitutional right to "keep and bear arms" in nearly 70 years. The justices' decision to hear the case could make the divisive debate over guns an issue in the 2008 presidential and congressional elections. The government of Washington, D.C., is asking the court to uphold its 31-year ban on handgun ownership in the face of a federal appeals court ruling that struck down the ban as incompatible with the Second Amendment. Tuesday's announcement was widely expected, especially after both the ...
McClellan: Bush was in on Plame
Post Date: 2007-11-20 11:09:14 by aristeides
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McClellan: Bush was in on Plame by MLDB [Subscribe] Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 06:59:15 AM PST This will be short, but fun. Scott McClellan wrote a book. Here is part of what he has to say "The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby. "There was one problem. It was not true. "I had unknowingly passed along false ...
Americans: Sheep to the Constitutional Slaughter? (An Interview with Judge Andrew Napolitano)
Post Date: 2007-11-19 14:29:03 by Vitamin Z
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Judge Andrew Napolitano is one of American media’s most tenacious defenders of Americans' rights. His official title at Fox News, where he appears regularly on Fox and Friends and The Big Story, is “Senior Judicial Analyst.” But at the often Bush-besotted network, the decidedly skeptical Napolitano thinks of himself more as “House Civil Libertarian.” He’s the youngest life-tenured Superior Court judge in New Jersey history, and a former teacher of constitutional law at Seton Hall Law School. He also writes books alerting Americans to how their own government threatens their liberties, including The Constitution in Exile and Constitutional Chaos: What ...
US government considers Constitution "terrorist literature"
Post Date: 2007-11-19 09:52:22 by snoopdougg
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On the Verge of Democracy Collapse Disorder
Post Date: 2007-11-19 07:45:40 by Zoroaster
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Home | Newswire | About Us | Donate | Sign-Up | Archives Monday, November 19, 2007 Discuss this story Print This Post E-Mail This Article Published on Sunday, November 18, 2007 by CommonDreams.org On the Verge of Democracy Collapse Disorder by Roberto Rodriguez Colony Collapse Disorder: this is the name given to the dying off of the world’s bees, which spells an impending global crisis. It’s not that I want to make light of this diagnosis. Quite the reverse; it’s that the name could just as easily be applied to the state of the nation. Though Democracy Collapse Disorder is what comes to mind. When historians look back to examine the origins of this latter disorder, it ...
Family identifies man who died after taser strike
Post Date: 2007-11-18 19:15:18 by robin
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Photo by Bill Green
Cassandra Rollings, a family friend, holds photos of Jarrel Gray, 20, of Ladd Circle, who died earlier today after being tasered by a Frederick County sheriff’s deputy in the 7000 block of Gresham Court East in Frederick.
A 20-year-old man died this morning after a sheriff's deputy used a taser on him to break up a fight, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office reports.
The man was identified as Jarrel Gray of Ladd Circle by his mother, Tanya Thomas, who spoke to a News-Post reporter.
A fight was reported in the 7000 block of Gresham Court East, near Crestwood Boulevard in Frederick, about 4:54 a.m., according to Cpl. Jennifer Bailey of the sheriff's ...
Waterboarding is not simulated drowning -- it is drowning
Post Date: 2007-11-18 12:53:07 by Zipporah
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Waterboarding is not simulated drowning -- it is drowning A former instructor at the school designed to teach U.S. soldiers how to resist torture speaks out against the "terrifying, painful" technique. By Malcolm W. Nance Nov. 09, 2007 | Chairman Conyers and members of the committee. My name is Malcolm Wrightson Nance. I am a former member of the U.S. military intelligence community, a retired U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer. I have served honorably for 20 years. While serving my nation, I had the honor to be accepted for duty as an instructor at the U.S. Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) school in North Island Naval Air Station, California. I ...
The war on whistle-blowers
Post Date: 2007-11-18 12:49:52 by Zipporah
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The war on whistle-blowers U.S. officials have long retaliated against employees who speak out, burying the dangers they expose. Now, Congress wants to give whistle-blowers greater protection -- but President Bush vows to stop it. By James Sandler Nov. 01, 2007 | If there is any doubt about how the Bush administration treats government whistle-blowers, consider the case of Teresa Chambers. She was hired in early 2002, with impeccable law enforcement credentials, to become chief of the United States Park Police. But after Chambers raised concerns publicly that crime was up in the nation's parks, she was rebuked by superiors and fired. When Chambers fought to regain her job through the ...
When did we become like Syria? 'the line between dictatorship and democracy seemed to disappear'
Post Date: 2007-11-18 12:46:58 by Zipporah
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When did we become like Syria?As I watched a surreal torture case unfold in a U.S. courtroom, the line between dictatorship and democracy seemed to disappear. By Alia Malek Reuters/Chris WattieMaher Arar leaves a news conference in Ottawa Jan. 26, 2007. Nov. 14, 2007 | When visiting my grandmother's house in Damascus a few years ago, I never could have imagined sitting one day in a U.S. court, listening to the U.S. government defend its covert transfer of a Canadian citizen to Syria to be tortured. Yet, that's precisely what happened last Friday in a U.S. circuit court in New York, with the beginning of Maher Arar's appeal of a decision last year by ...
Abu Ghraib Interrogator Meets With the Pope
Post Date: 2007-11-18 12:33:28 by Zipporah
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Specialist Joshua Casteel - Listen to the audio clip (or download)
The US Congress Legislates Genocide Of The Mind
Post Date: 2007-11-18 10:14:28 by Zoroaster
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NEWS YOU WON'T FIND ON CNN Send Page To a Friend The U.S. Congress Legislates Genocide Of The Mind By Jeff Knaebel 11/17/07 "ICH" -- - Introduction. There are two mutually exclusive means of livelihood. One is to work and earn from production and exchange. This has been called the “economic means.” The second is to seize the labor product of others through force and violence. This has been called the “political means.” Sociologist Franz Oppenheimer defined the State as the Organization of the Political Means. It is the systemization of the predatory process within a given territory. · “There are two distinct classes of men… those ...
Self-satire scales new heights (BUSH PRAISES THE CONSTITUTION)
Post Date: 2007-11-18 09:27:56 by aristeides
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Self-satire scales new heights It's genuinely hard to believe that the writers of George Bush's speech last night to the Federalist Society weren't knowingly satirizing him. They actually had him say this: When the Founders drafted the Constitution, they had a clear understanding of tyranny. They also had a clear idea about how to prevent it from ever taking root in America. Their solution was to separate the government's powers into three co-equal branches: the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary. Each of these branches plays a vital role in our free society. Each serves as a check on the others. And to preserve our liberty, each must meet its responsibilities ...
Denial of Due Process to Muslims Disgraces Us All
Post Date: 2007-11-18 07:32:11 by Stephen Lendman
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DENIAL OF DUE PROCESS TO MUSLIMS DISGRACES US ALL By Katherine Hughes First published, November 2007, in "Guild Practitioner," Volume 64, No. 2: www.nlg.org “One cannot level one’s moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are just too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between doing something and doing nothing is everything.� Daniel Berrigan "We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth…. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, ...
YOUTUBE : Mineral Waterboarding Torture by CIA - DEA
Post Date: 2007-11-18 00:52:42 by Zipporah
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YOUTUBE : Mineral Waterboarding Torture by CIA - DEAby redstatehatemonitor Sat Nov 17, 2007 at 06:47:58 PM PSTI'm a subscriber to listener sponsored radio and several other paid Internet sites. Furthermore with the exception of Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Real Time with Bill Maher I hardly ever watch TV. Torture by our government is the topic on these latest shows the first one features Decorated Vietnam War Veterans and Retired DEA agents discussing their deep frustration by the confirmation of new Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey as well as the soldiers of the 72nd Military Police Company who refused to participate in misconduct at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Their heroic ...
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