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Month: June, 2002

An Israeli Soldier Speaks Out

30 June, 2002 (00:59) | Political | No comments

Thanks to Ye Olde Phart for bringing this letter to my attention. the followin excerpt is from a letter written by a man who is an Israelu soldier, Orthodox Jew and a crominal defence lawyer. Not exactly the sort you could write off as an unitelligent anti-semite. It is well worth your while to hear [...]

Green Lady Spirit Gathering

30 June, 2002 (00:36) | Pagan | No comments

This is the second year for this pagan/wiccan festival held here in, unfortuately this year soggy, Rossland. The rain has been intense with scattered sun showers but it hasn’t dampened the spirits of the approx 50 people (including younguns) attending this year. This is more than a 2 fold increase over last year’s attendence so [...]

Blair’s aides denounce US ‘blundering’ in Afghan war

30 June, 2002 (00:04) | Political | No comments

By Christina Lamb, Diplomatic Correspondent
(Filed: 30/06/2002)
Senior officials in the Prime Minister’s office have launched an astonishing attack on America’s handling of the hunt for Osama bin Laden and al-Qa’eda fugitives.
They have told The Telegraph that troops carrying out house-to-house searches in the remote tribal areas of Pakistan along the Afghanistan border were “blundering” with [...]

Spinelessness as foreign policy

29 June, 2002 (21:36) | Political | No comments

By John Chuckman
YellowTimes.org Columnist (Canada)
(YellowTimes.org) ? Mr. Bush’s speech on a Palestinian state must surely rank as one of the most pathetic utterances ever given by an American president under the exalted rubric of policy.
As foreign policy, I am perplexed to think of its having an equal in American history.
As a statement of [...]

This weekend

29 June, 2002 (10:44) | Personal | 1 comment

I will be away most of this weekend at the Green Lady Spirit Gathering so I won’t be posting too much.
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Book Burning Texas Style

29 June, 2002 (10:10) | Political | 1 comment

Right-wing conservatives like to rant about political correctness. Their hypocrisy is quite amazing. Here’s how America’s children’s education is betrayed by conservative political corectness.
Textbook Publishers Learn to Avoid Messing With Texas
By ALEXANDER STILLE
Out of Many,” the work of four respected historians, is one of the biggest sellers among American history college textbooks in the United [...]

Actor makes a big scene over such a small part

28 June, 2002 (22:21) | Humor | No comments

Words fail me, read on…Telegraph
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The Pledge

28 June, 2002 (16:13) | Political | 1 comment

Today I received an email from a good friend of mine in Phoenix regarding the foofarah over The Pledge of Allegiance. He copied me his response to an email he received from “The Liberty Comittee” (who apparantly are truly clueless as to the meaning of liberty). While the original email had my friends response first [...]

The defence of freedon in action

27 June, 2002 (21:42) | Political | No comments

3 cheers goes to the residents of several towns in Massachusetts. They are organizing real resistance to the anti-freedom Patriots Act and the actions of congress. Ashcroft, Bush and Cheney. Carrying on the tradtion of defending freedom from all who would subvert it.

Nat Hentoff
‘All of Us Are in Danger’
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty
n [...]

The user friendly pledge

27 June, 2002 (21:32) | Political | No comments

User Friendly has a very biting cartoon on the Pledge, here. You’ll laugh but you’ll also cry. Thanks goes to the Bird for the link.
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