] ] However rhetorical it's become, the following is no less
] ] true: The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks forced the
] ] United States to change the way it responds to external
] ] threats.

But this country has the economic power, the military strength and the political will to do something about it. That's a blessing, because we can defend ourselves in ways few other nations can. It's also our curse, because if we don't deal with the problem--as the United Nations refused to do--no one else can or will. So the duty falls to us, and the time has come to stop playing games with national security and--by extension--the lives of not only Americans but those of oppressed innocents across the globe as well.

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I am so goddamn sick of people tying 9/11 to this ill-conceived conquest in the Middle East. The current leaders don't give a shit about our security. They still cooperate with terrorists and nations that fund them if it serves US interests.

There is a strong case for showing the Bush administration's complicity in the 9/11 attacks. For example, look at our relationship with Pakistan. We turned a blind eye to their DIRECT FUNDING of Mohammed Atta. Any effective investigation of 9/11 has been shelved. More background:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO111A.html

There are still plenty of unanswered questions. Rather than actually investigate and try to root out the base of operations for the 9/11 terrorists, we're conquering Iraq. Figure that one out.

RE: War. Still a Good Idea.

Bowling fails the first requirement of a documentary: some foundation in the truth. In his earlier works, Moore shifted dates and sequences for the sake of drama, but at least the events depicted did occur. Most of the time. Bowling breaks that last link with factual reality. It makes its points by deceiving and by misleading the viewer. Statements are made which are false. Moore invites the reader to draw inferences which he must have known were wrong. Dates are transposed and video carefully edited to create whatever effect is desired. Indeed, even speeches shown on screen are heavily edited, so that sentences are assembled in the speaker's voice, but which he never uttered."

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Well, when I watched Bowling for Columbine I thought it was pretty hard hitting. This article is a well needed second opinion. I'll have to take anything Michael Moore says with a few more grains of salt.

He's working on a documentary about the connections between the Bush and Bin Laden family called "Farenheit 911." I was hoping for something good but if it's up to the standard of deception that "Bowling for Columbine" used, I think I'll pass.

Shame on *you* Michael.

Stupid Academy Award

] prime Black Angus? The iGrill does. As your meal cooks,
] the subtle glow from under the unit increases brightness
] and pulses faster until your meal is perfectly done.

This is just damn cool.....Geek Grilling....its the wave of the future!

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How about waffles?

George Foreman USB iGrill

Mon. 7 Blue Sky Court Nashville, TN
w/ Angry Atom. 18+ show.

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Anyone else up for this?

Wesley Willis plays April 7th in Nashville

The Veteran's Administration, plagued by recent budget cuts, has had to resort to charging new veterans entering into its system a yearly fee of $250 in order for them to receive treatment. It is a sad irony that the very people being sent to fight the war are going to have to pay to treat the effects of it.

Support the Warrior Not the War: Give Them Their Benefits!

He was goofing around, and there's only one way to interpret that kind of behaviour just seconds before announcing war on Iraq: the man is an idiot.

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I've seen the footage they're talking about. It's not the hair combing, it's the antics. I watched as he sat there trying to practice his serious face and asking if it was good or not. It was pretty sickening.

George's little antics

flynn23 wrote:
] Decius wrote:
] ] flynn23 wrote:
] ] ] Jello will be performing a spoken word engagement on
] ] Saturday
] ] ] afternoon at the Mercy Lounge (the Cannery). More details
] ] ] later.
] ]
] ] So, can we get a report on this? What was said?
]
] at the last minute, I decided not to go. The weather was too
] nice, the Wings/Avs game was too close, and I was cuddled up
] on the couch with my sweetheart. None of these things are
] sufficient foreplay for political rhetoric. That and the fact
] that scheduling a 4pm show on a Saturday is kinda lame.
]
] I was hoping someone else went.

I went. It was pretty long, I think it ran about 4 hours total. The majority of what I remember was from his latest spoken word album. Jello definately has a stage presence that you just have to see. He did his older "what passes for news in the US" bit where he talks about Time and Newsweek covers. It was fun to actually see him holding up the magazines while doing the bit. He also held up a "Tipper Rocks!" campaign swag item from some Democratic convention he got into. That bit was pretty damn funny.

He had a lot to say at one point about the blowback we can expect from what we're doing in the mideast. I tried to keep up but it went by pretty fast. He hit the bullet points about the warring factions and tribal relationships. I haven't heard that bit recorded anywhere before. He's been doing his homework on this though. Interesting to note that while he was discussing this the showmanship was gone, he wasn't looking down at his papers. He was pretty somber when discussing the blowback.

I brought my MD out but I only got the last couple hours or so, I'll encode it at some point and share. Words were spoken at the end that we should become the media. I can't agree more.

RE: Biafra hits Nashvegas

I keep hearing the same meme since the war started. It always comes in some form similar to the following:

"It was fine to protest the war, but now that is has started, we should all support it."

The first person I heard say this was Zbigniew Brzezinski during an interview on News Hour a few nights ago. Where was the first place you heard this? Did you hear it from a friend or through the media?

I'm not wanting a discussion of the statement itself, just where you first heard it. A study of the origin, if you will...

Nanochick wrote:
] Please, regardless of your political feelings about this war,
] support our troops, no matter what. Stop and think about what
] they are doing for you. Through my tear-filled eyes, I see
] courage that I have never seen before. For the first time in
] my life, I see angels.

Don't forget the Highway of Death:

http://www.deoxy.org/wc/wc-death.htm

I worked with someone a few years ago who served in Gulf War I. He saw this massacre first hand. I think when he described it to me was when I started trying to see both sides. Don't forget that US troops committed war crimes in Gulf War I. War is hell.

RE: POW footage rant

Listened to the Morning Edition NPR at this link (RealAudio req'd.) 5 minutes long. Pretty interesting blurbs from a battalion in northern Kuwait getting ready for combat. They're switching to MRE's, getting combat ammo, and breaking the seals on their biosuits. This battalion was scheduled to go home this week. Looks like they're staying and getting ready for war instead.

A friend who served in Desert Storm said, "Sounds familiar." I think it will hit in the next couple of weeks, what do you think?

Locked and Loaded