WARNING: USE ONLY TO DRY HANDS AND FACE. ANY OTHER USE CAN BE DANGEROUS. 350 _ _ (_) _| |_ _ ____ _____ ___ (_ _)| || \ | ___ | /___) | |_ | || | | || ____||___ | \__1)|4||m|a|r||_2004)(___/ Wow, Greg Palast, here in MKE, at the local Schwartz books! And he even had the same literary escort Michael Moore did. I recognized her from one of the movies, but I did make the faux pas of asking if she's the one he played that evil "get me a soda please?" prank on. No! But she knows that woman. She's in Chicago. So Greg's signing his book "Best Democracy Money Can Buy." His lecture about and around the book was thrilling. I don't know a better word to use that's not too cliche. He didn't have me on the edge of my seat. I was half an inch off my seat most of the time bouncing around laughing, constantly switching hands trying to cover my mouth while I laughed so they didn't hear me giggling all the way in Kenosha. Needless to say I didn't journal much while I was listening to him talk. So this is going to be for the most part a long drawn out reflection. So, ok. Lemme put my mind on autopilot for a couple minutes and type in the journal word for word, and THEN I'll begin reflecting again. Barrick Gold, Poppy Bush, Tanzania. [ Hanson PLC??? ] Tan (sp?) Diliseu - expert lawyer. Roger Alton - His majesty's courts always, every time one of his reporters decides to continue on with a story. Guardian/Observer is a not for profit. Barred by law in Britain, barred by cowardice in the United States. (from getting stories out) http://www.gregpalast.com Cynthia McKinney was the only american "MP" taking up Tan Dilieu's case. They fabricated her demand for investigation that Bush himself brought on the 911 attack to ruin her career. [wow, serves a couple purposes there...] [hahahah. no, bush didn't bring on the attack to ruin her career, I just noticed that wacky run-on sentence. They fabricated to ruin her. (read it twice maybe)] "Yeah, George W figured that out on his own. 25 out of 100, don't forget." --referring to a test Bush took to get into the Air National Guard where he scored not a 50 f, or a 60 d but a 25! Palast is drinking a medium or tall Starbucks, and each time he takes a swig he goes "ah," kind of demonstratively. I can't talk, I'd just finished a small starbucks to-go myself. Of course my fair- trade coffee I'm drinking this moment in a local eastside cafe where I type this makes up for it, right? And please also note, I did get to drop off a couple fair-trade flyers around the Starbucks. Now, he gave some time to the Khobar Towers. Remember the 5 or 6 times a guy who just signed his name "Greg" wrote my anarchist zine asking me to keep investigating the towers? No way, was it? I don't dare ask. I was afraid to find out yes, and afraid to find out no, to be honest with you. I'll leave it at that for now. He might have been the one. At any rate, that's a hard investigation but all roads do lead to Howland-Steinbeck, don't they? Or maybe Filene's bargain basement or something but I digress. Back to the journal notes! a "predjudice." He mentions this a couple times. You know that one paraphrase -- "don't credit conspiracy what you can attribute to incompetence?" Well, Palast adds a third possibility of "predjudice." Go to school on that one too, when you get a chance. Used the word "poison" a couple times too. He pointed out that Schwartzkoff (stormin norman) is a recent dissenter. Bode technologies will get the 1Billion for DNA research. Choice Point runs Bode. Codis is the system that will be operating. It's got a lot to do with DARPA - a lot of Brits seem to know all about darpa, whereas, most "americans" don't have a foggiest. Syntek genoaII (did I spell those close?) John Poindexter. Yuck. I've got cottonmouth just typing Oliver North's sidekick's name there. BBC, by the way, is allowed to show black people talking eloquently on television rather than getting spread eagled over their stolen car beaten down and jailed like here in the states. 2 shiny CD ROMS from Katherine Harris' office. Bill Gates. He blamed Bill for his IBM thinkpad running out of steam half way through showing everyone some graphics. I gotta hand it to Palast though, instead of building a PowerPointPres or anything, he simply holds up the laptop every once in a while to show the first 5 or 6 rows what he's talking about. The rest of us just have to trust they're seeing what he's telling us he's seeing. And he's warm and welcoming to the rest of us too. [every seat's taken by the way. People in the back standing, galore.] Thomas Cooper Jan 30th 2007. You'll remember that's the year he was convicted of a crime that disallowed him from the 2000 election. You saw right. He committed that crime way back in 2007. 500 people in the future were convicted of crimes that disallowed them from voting in Florida. Professional Services was paid $5000 to develop a voting machine that would be able to do this. They failed and got fired. Choice Point was paid $2M (yes, two million) to develop a list that had BLA BLA WHI BLA BLA WHI BLA along the far right column. Clayton Roberts, KHarris' Republican attack dog. "You almost saw this on CBS." Jeb's letter about "disallowing" votes, before the 2000 elections. They re-released it AFTER the elections saying "helping" people to vote. Palast managed to put them right next to each other in his book. "Your story doesn't stand up," Rather's people told him when he called to find out why it got killed in production. They called Jeb's office and they denied it. [wait, isn't that usually what you just put at the end of a great story??? "contacted the office, they denied... etc...] 90% of people coming out of prisons vote democrat. Commerce Clause. "If you look in today's edition of the Milwaukee, uh, paper..." [ha, he's got about as high a regard for the Urinal Sentinel as I do.] Carlisle developed the Crusader weapon anyhow. Lockheed. Britain owned Iraq before and they don't want it back. They know all about empire building and they're not interested anymore. People in Britain are scared to death of Bush. And Blair is getting there too. Irwin Stelzer (sp?) he's the link between Bush and Blair. [Stelzer's also a higherup for Ruper Murdoch, much the same way I guess, that Condoleeza Rice is a higherup for Chevron, eh?] Jack Straw talks directly to Colin Powell. Blair talks directly to Bush. What fascinating protocol. ============= That's it for journal notes. I was handed two flyers tonite I'll mention here. Wednesday 19mar, 7pm is a video nite - also 26mar at 7pm. at Riverwest, locust street, at fratney. No charge. First topic. War and Forced displacement in colombia. Fr. William Rickle S.J. Ph.D & Jennifer Bailey J.D. Ongoing Mondays and Wednesdays. For more info call Peace Action center. 964-5158 It says "tell a friend - please pass this info on." So do that. Oh the other one's that moveon.org no link signature ad campaign you prolly already know about, so I'll just give the address. http://www.moveon.org Wow, so Greg Palast. He was fascinating. An incredibly fun lecturer. He's friends with Michael Moore too. Brilliant reporter. He's Bill Moyers with just a couple extra canine teeth. He's also willing to help me further investigate Hanson PLC and Peabody Coal companies for my Navajo friends. Turns out he used to have direct contact with them when Blair was part of the opposition. He worked in Blair's cabinet back then. Talked directly with the people at Hanson. Says he knows a lot of them. Knows all about the gold mines in Cavenham Forest, and all the implications to Navajo and assorted other indigenous people all over the world. I have a small confession to give out here. Palast makes me proud to call myself an "american." And that my friend is rare these years. No, VERY rare. #s http://tassc.org http://www.nammys.com http://misnomer.dru.ca http://www.edgenews.com http://www.homeboyz.com http://www.blackfire.net http://votetoimpeach.org http://www.clandyken.com http://www.textscene.com http://www.saddamsays.com http://www.annefeeney.com http://www.complacent.org http://www.davelippman.com http://www.ironfeather.com http://www.orwelltoday.com http://www.neo-comintern.com http://www.peaceactionwi.org http://www.sameroomrecords.com http://www.racinedemocrats.com http://www.milwaukeegreens.org http://www.jamesblundell.com.au http://www.interlobate.com/natty http://www.chunk.com/trapdoor.html http://hospitalityhouse.home.att.net http://www.burning-wheel.org/paz.htm http://www.anotherposterforpeace.com http://www.bruderhof.com/us/index.htm http://www.shines.org.uk/newspaper.htm http://www.navajotimes.com/opinion.html http://www.protest.net/view.cgi?view=2199 http://flag.blackened.net/ati/knucklehead.html http://www.companysj.com/v161/offthestreets.html http://flag.blackened.net/ati/indymedia/links.html http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Michael_Borkson http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0310/baard2.php http://mke.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=2382 http://members.aol.com/_ht_b/kmurphysmith/myhomepage http://www.racinedominicans.org/main_web_pages/iraq.html LETTUCE: I am now visibly stating that I think George Bush might be the anti-christ and damned if we didn't miss it. Reagan scared me. This guy makes me live in fear. and not from the terrorists. the kid in beantown ~`~ to ati: Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind.... And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded with patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader, and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar." -William Shakespeare- (Is this what is happening right now as we sit here in our homes? Is this happening right here at home? We need to think about this and speak out against the unjust decisions that are being made. Please think about this.) sarrah ~`~ to ati@etext.org Here's a quick note from the h/p community if you don't mind. A new version of free agent just came up. Look it up under "forte." Hexual Sealing ~`~ to Marco: Thanks for all the musical props on your indy site. Michael George ~`~ to ati@etext.org Why am I still getting this zine? I thought you were going to stop sending it two Novembers ago? Nedra [ed note: surely a glitch. I want you to receive it even less than you do. I'll try to look it up. My only guess so far is some common friend is getting it from the list and forwarding it your way. If you get another, maybe send me the full headers. -marco] ~`~ Inside the Sandstone Canyon a poem by Nathan C Dry pinenuts blanket the ground. The black and white sky is bright and bold. The silent ruins speak loud. Ghosts of the canyon will posess my love. The infrared leaves cast their white shadows upon the earth. I can see the grandmothers gathering their wild herbs in the heat. As a massive Black and White Beast crawls up the narrow rouvine, like an animation on an old movie screen. Its wicked teeth looking for human flesh. The Grandmothers flee to their cliff homes leaving the herbs to dream. Soon, a Monster Slayer Boy appears from the dust of magical legends and kills the ancient beast. He is a brave warrior for his people. I can see the past-times of the Anceint Ones that dwelt in this canyon, weaving in and out of those adobe cliff homes, now empty. These people once made love in family circles and drank the creek water down below. The woman grinded corn right here taught the little ones, over there! Old medicine men would pray for rain. Stories about Long-Ago would circle around campires in the eve of those ancient nights. Behold the alter of God was the sacred Earth and Sky. Those inhabitants still dwell and live, just not in tangible form. I know they still live in in this shady canyon that echos the cries of the howling wind. I feel their prayers and visions. The infrared sky is black like charcoal, where the angel white clouds travel. The blood of the monster is immersed in the dream. The trance is all over me. Great big Cottonwoods catch the wind, and the great narly branches creak. My feet are happy, My mind and spirit sing. ~^~^^^~^~ ~^~+++~^~ Are we ready, clocks? It's time for ATI (Wartime Edition)! I read an interview of Graham Nash (of Crosby, Stills, And Nash and The Hollies) conducted 9/15/01. In here, he points out two major things: that bin Laden was trained by US, and that a lot of folks in Afghanistan live lives the same as we in the US do: provide for our families, teaching their children well (pun intended) and just live one day at a time. Another thing to point out is that not all Muslims hate Americans. To be sure, some do. But the vast majority don't. Now what is at stake here in this 'war on terrorism'? Our credibility as a nation. Ever hear of the "Marshall Plan"? Glad you asked! The Marshall Plan was set up by General Marshall after World War II to aid countries ravaged by the war, including France and Germany. It seemed that after World War I, the German economy went in the toilet, as the costs of war reparations and sanctions took its toll. By the mid-1930's, hyper- inflation took its toll on a greatly demoralized citizenry, and Adolf Hitler was able to take power. If you don't know what happened afterwards, please visit your local library and get an education. Gen. Marshall indicated that by helping war-ravaged populations instead of leaving them to fend for themselves, then another Hitler could not happen. Anyway, there are those who say that countries that recieved aid under the Marshall Plan have no business criticizing the United States, and should be allied with us no matter what the situation. If this train of thought is allowed to continue, then we will no longer be thought of as a generous nation, but as one who will expect favors in return for our gifts. The tragedy will be that if a poor country needs our help, then they will decline our gifts on the perception, real or percieved, that there will be strings attached, and their population will suffer. When this happens, we will be a greatly diminished nation. Patrick Moore Certified Novell Administrator Moore Communications, Inc. ~^~^|^~^~ ~^~^^^~^~ OSAMA BIN FORGOTTEN by David Singely first appeared in a Milwaukee weekly pape Why has the man who brought down the towers been forgotten? The man that President Bush solemnly promised to "find and bring to justice," is still loose. Why has Mr. Bush shifted our attention away to Iraq, a country that did not attack us? Even more puzzling, why did President Bush break the national ban on flying a few days after Sept. 11 in order to fly 11 members of bin Laden's immediate family out of the United States? Despite the bin Laden oil family's ties to the Bush oil family, all the bin Ladens should have been made to stay within the United States. Instead, they were wisked back to Saudi Arabia - away from us and the 3000 families of the Sept. 11 victims before the bodies were even cold. Why was this done? I wonder what the republicans would say if President Gore had been the one to break the nationally imposed flight ban to fly out of the country the family of the world's most wanted man? Cries of "impeach Gore" and "cover up" would have deafened our ears, and filled that liberal media of ours to this day. Kenneth Starr would have had no end of things to do. It would have made peanuts of his Lewinski case, with all of Al Gore's oil connections to follow hither and yon. Yet, we have no special investigators, no truth seeking task forces, no Osama and family, and no questions about it all from the major "news" networks. Alice, pass me the looking glass. =~^~^^^~^~ ~^~^^^~^~= And now, another installment of: \ S I F O D O H ! \ \ Sitting In Front \ \ Of Dahmer's Old \ \ House. \ I was thinking of starting a new exercise program that involves pretending to beat the crap out of people using various street- fighting techniques. You could do it in group formation and have high numbers of repetitions of each motion for some cardio-vascular work- outs. Pumped! But then I realize there already exists such a thing. The all-too-popular Tae-Bo. We are so swimming in violence, (totally immersed) that sometimes it's hard to even know you're smothered in testosterone until someone calls you on it. Why do I point this out? No reason really. Just hoping people will be a little more "presente" when someone needs to call THEM on it. "That was violent, don't you think." "No, really? No way. Really? Wow. Really? Wow, didn't even think of it." How many times have you seen a scene like that go down in front of you? Far too many for my liking. Did you know that small coffee farmers in Central America receive only 30-60 cents per pound of coffee? "Good judgement comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgement." --Rita Mae Brown And if that one didn't surprise you, check this one out: "Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself." --Richard Milhouse Nixon "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just." --Thomas Jefferson OK. One last new thing I need to ask people to be "presente" on is what I call hitlerismo. "I'm just doing my job." "It's procedure, I can't veer from my little operations manual here..." "Sorry, I can't rethink this. I must follow procedure." People often think I'm overreacting here, but I have to say it's only a matter of degree - the difference between telling me you can't give me a refund on a defective product I bought 45 minutes ago, and telling me you won't allow friends and family an exemption from entering the neighborhood concentration camp. Am I wrong about the logical conclusions I'm making here seeing the current path our society is taking right now? Open-ended war against an unknown enemy? Oppressive inflation? Business and labor striking backroom agreements about everything from airplane flights to broadway plays? Extreme nationalism? We're in deep doo doo. --> prime <-- ~^~^\^~^~ ~^~^/^~^~ Shall we end with a poetry? 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