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Kurds Gassed / Iraq or Iran? + War for Water? A War Crime or an Act of War?
by Stephen C. Pelletiere
Editorial/Op-Ed 31JAN2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/31/opinion/31PELL.html
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - It was no surprise that President Bush, lacking
smoking-gun evidence of Iraq's weapons programs, used his State of the
Union address to re-emphasize the moral case for an invasion: "The dictator
who is assembling the world's most dangerous weapons has already used
them on whole villages, leaving thousands of his own citizens dead, blind
or disfigured."
The accusation that Iraq has used chemical weapons against its citizens is
a familiar part of the debate. The piece of hard evidence most frequently
brought up concerns the gassing of Iraqi Kurds at the town of Halabja in
March 1988, near the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. President Bush
himself has cited Iraq's "gassing its own people," specifically at Halabja,
as a reason to topple Saddam Hussein.
But the truth is, all we know for certain is that Kurds were bombarded with
poison gas that day at Halabja. We cannot say with any certainty that Iraqi
chemical weapons killed the Kurds. This is not the only distortion in the
Halabja story.
I am in a position to know because, as the Central Intelligence Agency's
senior political analyst on Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, and as a
professor at the Army War College from 1988 to 2000, I was privy to much
of the classified material that flowed through Washington having to do
with the Persian Gulf. In addition, I headed a 1991 Army investigation into how
the Iraqis would fight a war against the United States; the classified
version of the report went into great detail on the Halabja affair.
This much about the gassing at Halabja we undoubtedly know: it came about
in the course of a battle between Iraqis and Iranians. Iraq used chemical
weapons to try to kill Iranians who had seized the town, which is in
northern Iraq not far from the Iranian border. The Kurdish civilians who
died had the misfortune to be caught up in that exchange. But they were not
Iraq's main target.
And the story gets murkier: immediately after the battle the United States
Defense Intelligence Agency investigated and produced a classified report,
which it circulated within the intelligence community on a need-to-know
basis. That study asserted that it was Iranian gas that killed the Kurds,
not Iraqi gas.
The agency did find that each side used gas against the other in the battle
around Halabja. The condition of the dead Kurds' bodies, however, indicated
they had been killed with a blood agent - that is, a cyanide-based gas -
which Iran was known to use. The Iraqis, who are thought to have used
mustard gas in the battle, are not known to have possessed blood agents at
the time.
These facts have long been in the public domain but, extraordinarily, as
often as the Halabja affair is cited, they are rarely mentioned. A
much-discussed article in The New Yorker last March did not make reference
to the Defense Intelligence Agency report or consider that Iranian gas
might have killed the Kurds. On the rare occasions the report is brought
up, there is usually speculation, with no proof, that it was skewed out of
American political favoritism toward Iraq in its war against Iran.
I am not trying to rehabilitate the character of Saddam Hussein. He has
much to answer for in the area of human rights abuses. But accusing him of
gassing his own people at Halabja as an act of genocide is not correct,
because as far as the information we have goes, all of the cases where gas
was used involved battles. These were tragedies of war. There may be
justifications for invading Iraq, but Halabja is not one of them.
In fact, those who really feel that the disaster at Halabja has bearing on
today might want to consider a different question: Why was Iran so keen on
taking the town? A closer look may shed light on America's impetus to
invade Iraq.
We are constantly reminded that Iraq has perhaps the world's largest
reserves of oil. But in a regional and perhaps even geopolitical sense,
it may be more important that Iraq has the most extensive river system
in the Middle East.
In addition to the Tigris and Euphrates, there are the Greater Zab and
Lesser Zab rivers in the north of the country. Iraq was covered with
irrigation works by the sixth century A.D., and was a granary for the region.
Before the Persian Gulf war, Iraq had built an impressive system of dams
and river control projects, the largest being the Darbandikhan dam in the
Kurdish area. And it was this dam the Iranians were aiming to take control
of when they seized Halabja. In the 1990's there was much discussion over
the construction of a so-called Peace Pipeline that would bring the waters
of the Tigris and Euphrates south to the parched Gulf states and, by
extension, Israel. No progress has been made on this, largely because of
Iraqi intransigence. With Iraq in American hands, of course, all that could
change.
Thus America could alter the destiny of the Middle East in a way that
probably could not be challenged for decades - not solely by controlling
Iraq's oil, but by controlling its water. Even if America didn't occupy the
country, once Mr. Hussein's Baath Party is driven from power, many
lucrative opportunities would open up for American companies.
All that is needed to get us into war is one clear reason for acting, one
that would be generally persuasive. But efforts to link the Iraqis directly
to Osama bin Laden have proved inconclusive. Assertions that Iraq
threatens its neighbors have also failed to create much resolve; in its
present debilitated condition - thanks to United Nations sanctions -
Iraq's conventional forces threaten no one.
Perhaps the strongest argument left for taking us to war quickly is that
Saddam Hussein has committed human rights atrocities against his people.
And the most dramatic case are the accusations about Halabja.
Before we go to war over Halabja, the administration owes the American
people the full facts. And if it has other examples of Saddam Hussein
gassing Kurds, it must show that they were not pro-Iranian Kurdish
guerrillas who died fighting alongside Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
Until Washington gives us proof of Saddam Hussein's supposed atrocities,
why are we picking on Iraq on human rights grounds, particularly when
there are so many other repressive regimes Washington supports?
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Stephen C. Pelletiere is author of
"Iraq and the International Oil System:Why America Went
to War in the Persian Gulf."
Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company
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Some time back I posted a 25 minute condensed version
of the 1987 PBS Documentary put together by Bill Moyers.
The actual full documentary was an hour and a half and
until now, wasn't available online. Without further ado,
here is the full 90 minute documentary. It is powerful!
UPDATE: Google Video has taken the full version down
again. Back to the 22 minute condensed version.
http://getintheirface.blogspot.com/2006/07/secret-government-pbs-bill-moyers-1987.html
Tags: War, Iran, Iraq, PBS, CIA, Bush, Moyers, Secret,
Government, JFK, Vietnam, Reagan, FEMA, Cuba, Guatemala,
PNAC, Nixon, Democracy, Chile, Venezuala, Chavez,
Allende, UK, NSC, Media, Press, NSA
Labels: Allende, Bush, Chavez, Chile, CIA, Government,
Iran, Iraq, Media, Moyers, NSA, NSC, PNAC, Secret,
Venezuala, War
Sir, No Sir! - Full Video Movie - Vietnam G.I. UndergroundComments (4) Trackback Published Sunday, December 31, 2006 by Nate. UPDATE: Google Video yanked the full version offline so screw them, here it is. If you haven't seen it yet. Watch it! Learn how your
fathers did it!
http://www.getintheirface.blogspot.com/
Veterans For PeaceComments (4) Trackback
Published Thursday, December 28, 2006 by Nate.
The real Art of Peace is not to sacrifice a single one of your
warriors to defeat an enemy. Vanquish your foes by always keeping yourself in a safe and unassailable position; then no one will
suffer any losses. The Way of a Warrior, the Art of Politics,
is to stop trouble before it starts. It consists in defeating
your adversaries spiritually by making them realize the folly
of their actions. The Way of a Warrior is to establish harmony.
-Morihei Ueshiba
http://www.getintheirface.blogspot.com/
http://www.ericblumrich.com/thanks.html
http://sabdariffa.blogspot.com/
Saturday, March 24
corrupted youth
hey, you guys, who try hard to economically destabilize society for your own gain, i think i haven't been giving you your due. all this time i thought you didn't care that there is simply no more solid determiner of a person's likely fortunes in life than the welfare of their parents and their parents' community. dumb me.
not that i ever thought people weren't entitled to rub the random circumstance of their birth in the faces of the less lucky — a little ethno-cen-tricity — especially when the difference is paid in cash — but c'mon. jig's up.
the way you're so aggressive to squash local economies, forcing people all 'round the world into debt and their kids into poverty, you must have a damn good idea for how all those young people can beat the increased odds you're sticking them with.
what is it.
really. what is it. i won't tell a soul. just whisper it to me, what's the real inside scoop on free trade in practice — what's the magic ingredient that gets ordinary people a piece of the action?
bribes? prostitution? joining a gang? (hibiscus) 0 comments links more: op-ed automatyping witness the testimony (hibiscus) 0 comments links more: country only outlaws will have constitutions •••
john bolton, appearing on the daily show, which is not where i get most of my news, seemed to imply:
that voters in any presidential election, by virtue of choosing a candidate, are explicitly approving any and all actions that candidate may take in office, thereby waiving the right to have their interests protected by the executive branch; that voters who do not support the winning candidate have no reasonable expectation of having their interests protected by the executive branch; and that counsel, purposes, and related actions taken by the president, having been made possible by legal means, are thus made legal themselves, and the congress and the public have the right to question only those presidential actions as do not intrude on the president's right to choice of counsel and purpose
the end result of this thing of beauty being, in john bolton's opinion, not only that to expect a president to uphold the oath of office is against the principles of democracy (which are of course quite separate from the so-called law) — no no — bolton, and i guess the whole unitary executive crowd, seem to believe that the framers intended and signatories understood the act of holding even one presidential election as nullifying the authority of the constitution over the executive branch created therein — all based on some kind of contradiction within the obligation to execute the law to the best of one's ability?
or something? what? when did "we had to destroy the village in order to save it" get attributed to james madison? was i sleeping?
well, i can work with that. that seems to mean that the president could be impeached for being sworn in! i mean, for a federal official, what crime could be more high than entering into a binding contact to disobey the constitution?
and why do i bother with stuff like this.…
(ps) the phrase ambassador bolton produced from his mighty mountain of talking points was democratic theory. this is all that binds the president, he seemed to be saying. the practice of the existing body of the law is only hearsay evidence of the true theoretical force that lies behind the constitution, and from which the constitution draws its authority.
this is in fact a very important distinction. or seems to me. because, if you believe that your power is derived not from the binding agreement to follow the language of a contract, but from the set of principles from which the contract draws its language — meaning, the constitution, or any contract, by using language and legal concepts used in other contracts, loses its uniqueness and takes on absolutely any meaning a signatory wishes — wait.
this looks like the same thing as saying that because the united states constitution resembles and draws from the magna carta, it is the magna carta, up to and, yes, including the idea that language in the magna carta supercedes language in the constitution.
this makes me so happy. and it certainly is a fine theory, to say that because we're in a democracy, we can vote in our minds on how we want every law to apply to us. and it's a fine way to live, believing that the first rule of law is you can vote yourself immune both from your legal responsibilities and from prosecution.
(pps) "as a person of good conscience, i cannot take this oath of office, but i definitely still get to be president, because i was elected."
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So... What if i'ts intentional what if it's on purpose , What if it is a 9-11 act of war?
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So... What if i'ts intentional what if it's on purpose , What if it is a 9-11 act of war?
So... What if i'ts intentional what if it's on purpose , What if it is an act of war?
An evil conspearacy attacking "our" Honey Bee’s? Honey Bee's which pollinate 80% of
all the food we eat. Quit fooling around! Stupid!!!
"Environment it's the Real Homeland Security" Stupid!!!
What if it is on purpose intentional, an act of war attacking "our" Honey Bee’s?
So cut out the siple minded Ya'll are redneck jokes .
We are all junkies chedmicly warfairstate
dependands to polymers liquid dead
worlds millions of living things reduced
to fuel food medicen all through the
viens of the murder machine which will
eat your future too...The neo fashest
are in charge of $$$ culture take
back your humanity create a world.
http://www.oilempire.us/water.html.
This is not what I am talking about
http://buysealand.com/
“ The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe around us, the less taste we shall have for destruction. ”
—Rachel Carson
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A "mysterious illness" that's killed off massive numbers of honey bees nationwide is affecting ... But this year - there's a mysterious ailment killing bees. ... What if it is on purpose? An intentional act of war, attacking our Honey Bee's which pollinate 80%
of all the food we eat. Quit fooling around environment it's the Real Homeland
Security Stupid!!!!
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Who cares there's always sugar and that fake syrup...Or it may be
really important??? Honey Bee's pollinate 80% of all the food we eat
quit fooling around Its the Real Homeland Security Stupid!!!!
What if it is on purpose intentional, an act of war attacking
our Honey Bee’s? Honey Bee's which pollinate 80% of all
the food we eat quit fooling around Environment it's the
Real Homeland Security Stupid!!!!
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the Real Homeland Security Stupid!!!!
Are GM Crops Killing Bees?
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Hannah Höch. Indian Dancer: From an Ethnographic Museum. 1930.
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Painted flatiron with row of thirteen tacks,
heads glued to the iron’s bottom. 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 4 1/2".
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. James Thrall Soby Fund.
©1997 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
/ADAGP/Man Ray Trust Paris
As far back as 2005, Haefeker ended an article he contributed to the journal Der Kritischer Agrarbericht
(Critical Agricultural Report) with an Albert Einstein quote: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the
globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more
plants, no more animals, no more man."
Mysterious events in recent months have suddenly made Einstein's apocalyptic vision seem all the more
topical. For unknown reasons, bee populations throughout Germany are disappearing -- something that is
so far only harming beekeepers. But the situation is different in the United States, where bees are dying
in such dramatic numbers that the economic consequences could soon be dire. No one knows what is
causing the bees to perish, but some experts believe that the large-scale use of genetically modified
plants in the US could be a factor.
FROM THE MAGAZINE
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Kurds Gassed / Iraq or Iran? + War for Water? A War Crime or an Act of War?
by Stephen C. Pelletiere
Editorial/Op-Ed 31JAN2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/31/opinion/31PELL.html
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - It was no surprise that President Bush, lacking
smoking-gun evidence of Iraq's weapons programs, used his State of the
Union address to re-emphasize the moral case for an invasion: "The dictator
who is assembling the world's most dangerous weapons has already used
them on whole villages, leaving thousands of his own citizens dead, blind
or disfigured."
The accusation that Iraq has used chemical weapons against its citizens is
a familiar part of the debate. The piece of hard evidence most frequently
brought up concerns the gassing of Iraqi Kurds at the town of Halabja in
March 1988, near the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. President Bush
himself has cited Iraq's "gassing its own people," specifically at Halabja,
as a reason to topple Saddam Hussein.
But the truth is, all we know for certain is that Kurds were bombarded with
poison gas that day at Halabja. We cannot say with any certainty that Iraqi
chemical weapons killed the Kurds. This is not the only distortion in the
Halabja story.
I am in a position to know because, as the Central Intelligence Agency's
senior political analyst on Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, and as a
professor at the Army War College from 1988 to 2000, I was privy to much
of the classified material that flowed through Washington having to do
with the Persian Gulf. In addition, I headed a 1991 Army investigation into how
the Iraqis would fight a war against the United States; the classified
version of the report went into great detail on the Halabja affair.
This much about the gassing at Halabja we undoubtedly know: it came about
in the course of a battle between Iraqis and Iranians. Iraq used chemical
weapons to try to kill Iranians who had seized the town, which is in
northern Iraq not far from the Iranian border. The Kurdish civilians who
died had the misfortune to be caught up in that exchange. But they were not
Iraq's main target.
And the story gets murkier: immediately after the battle the United States
Defense Intelligence Agency investigated and produced a classified report,
which it circulated within the intelligence community on a need-to-know
basis. That study asserted that it was Iranian gas that killed the Kurds,
not Iraqi gas.
The agency did find that each side used gas against the other in the battle
around Halabja. The condition of the dead Kurds' bodies, however, indicated
they had been killed with a blood agent - that is, a cyanide-based gas -
which Iran was known to use. The Iraqis, who are thought to have used
mustard gas in the battle, are not known to have possessed blood agents at
the time.
These facts have long been in the public domain but, extraordinarily, as
often as the Halabja affair is cited, they are rarely mentioned. A
much-discussed article in The New Yorker last March did not make reference
to the Defense Intelligence Agency report or consider that Iranian gas
might have killed the Kurds. On the rare occasions the report is brought
up, there is usually speculation, with no proof, that it was skewed out of
American political favoritism toward Iraq in its war against Iran.
I am not trying to rehabilitate the character of Saddam Hussein. He has
much to answer for in the area of human rights abuses. But accusing him of
gassing his own people at Halabja as an act of genocide is not correct,
because as far as the information we have goes, all of the cases where gas
was used involved battles. These were tragedies of war. There may be
justifications for invading Iraq, but Halabja is not one of them.
In fact, those who really feel that the disaster at Halabja has bearing on
today might want to consider a different question: Why was Iran so keen on
taking the town? A closer look may shed light on America's impetus to
invade Iraq.
We are constantly reminded that Iraq has perhaps the world's largest
reserves of oil. But in a regional and perhaps even geopolitical sense,
it may be more important that Iraq has the most extensive river system
in the Middle East.
In addition to the Tigris and Euphrates, there are the Greater Zab and
Lesser Zab rivers in the north of the country. Iraq was covered with
irrigation works by the sixth century A.D., and was a granary for the region.
Before the Persian Gulf war, Iraq had built an impressive system of dams
and river control projects, the largest being the Darbandikhan dam in the
Kurdish area. And it was this dam the Iranians were aiming to take control
of when they seized Halabja. In the 1990's there was much discussion over
the construction of a so-called Peace Pipeline that would bring the waters
of the Tigris and Euphrates south to the parched Gulf states and, by
extension, Israel. No progress has been made on this, largely because of
Iraqi intransigence. With Iraq in American hands, of course, all that could
change.
Thus America could alter the destiny of the Middle East in a way that
probably could not be challenged for decades - not solely by controlling
Iraq's oil, but by controlling its water. Even if America didn't occupy the
country, once Mr. Hussein's Baath Party is driven from power, many
lucrative opportunities would open up for American companies.
All that is needed to get us into war is one clear reason for acting, one
that would be generally persuasive. But efforts to link the Iraqis directly
to Osama bin Laden have proved inconclusive. Assertions that Iraq
threatens its neighbors have also failed to create much resolve; in its
present debilitated condition - thanks to United Nations sanctions -
Iraq's conventional forces threaten no one.
Perhaps the strongest argument left for taking us to war quickly is that
Saddam Hussein has committed human rights atrocities against his people.
And the most dramatic case are the accusations about Halabja.
Before we go to war over Halabja, the administration owes the American
people the full facts. And if it has other examples of Saddam Hussein
gassing Kurds, it must show that they were not pro-Iranian Kurdish
guerrillas who died fighting alongside Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
Until Washington gives us proof of Saddam Hussein's supposed atrocities,
why are we picking on Iraq on human rights grounds, particularly when
there are so many other repressive regimes Washington supports?
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Stephen C. Pelletiere is author of
"Iraq and the International Oil System:Why America Went
to War in the Persian Gulf."
Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company
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Some time back I posted a 25 minute condensed version
of the 1987 PBS Documentary put together by Bill Moyers.
The actual full documentary was an hour and a half and
until now, wasn't available online. Without further ado,
here is the full 90 minute documentary. It is powerful!
UPDATE: Google Video has taken the full version down
again. Back to the 22 minute condensed version.
http://getintheirface.blogspot.com/2006/07/secret-government-pbs-bill-moyers-1987.html
Tags: War, Iran, Iraq, PBS, CIA, Bush, Moyers, Secret,
Government, JFK, Vietnam, Reagan, FEMA, Cuba, Guatemala,
PNAC, Nixon, Democracy, Chile, Venezuala, Chavez,
Allende, UK, NSC, Media, Press, NSA
Labels: Allende, Bush, Chavez, Chile, CIA, Government,
Iran, Iraq, Media, Moyers, NSA, NSC, PNAC, Secret,
Venezuala, War
Sir, No Sir! - Full Video Movie - Vietnam G.I. UndergroundComments (4) Trackback Published Sunday, December 31, 2006 by Nate. UPDATE: Google Video yanked the full version offline so screw them, here it is. If you haven't seen it yet. Watch it! Learn how your
fathers did it!
http://www.getintheirface.blogspot.com/
Veterans For PeaceComments (4) Trackback
Published Thursday, December 28, 2006 by Nate.
The real Art of Peace is not to sacrifice a single one of your
warriors to defeat an enemy. Vanquish your foes by always keeping yourself in a safe and unassailable position; then no one will
suffer any losses. The Way of a Warrior, the Art of Politics,
is to stop trouble before it starts. It consists in defeating
your adversaries spiritually by making them realize the folly
of their actions. The Way of a Warrior is to establish harmony.
-Morihei Ueshiba
http://www.getintheirface.blogspot.com/
http://www.ericblumrich.com/thanks.html
http://sabdariffa.blogspot.com/
Saturday, March 24
corrupted youth
hey, you guys, who try hard to economically destabilize society for your own gain, i think i haven't been giving you your due. all this time i thought you didn't care that there is simply no more solid determiner of a person's likely fortunes in life than the welfare of their parents and their parents' community. dumb me.
not that i ever thought people weren't entitled to rub the random circumstance of their birth in the faces of the less lucky — a little ethno-cen-tricity — especially when the difference is paid in cash — but c'mon. jig's up.
the way you're so aggressive to squash local economies, forcing people all 'round the world into debt and their kids into poverty, you must have a damn good idea for how all those young people can beat the increased odds you're sticking them with.
what is it.
really. what is it. i won't tell a soul. just whisper it to me, what's the real inside scoop on free trade in practice — what's the magic ingredient that gets ordinary people a piece of the action?
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john bolton, appearing on the daily show, which is not where i get most of my news, seemed to imply:
that voters in any presidential election, by virtue of choosing a candidate, are explicitly approving any and all actions that candidate may take in office, thereby waiving the right to have their interests protected by the executive branch; that voters who do not support the winning candidate have no reasonable expectation of having their interests protected by the executive branch; and that counsel, purposes, and related actions taken by the president, having been made possible by legal means, are thus made legal themselves, and the congress and the public have the right to question only those presidential actions as do not intrude on the president's right to choice of counsel and purpose
the end result of this thing of beauty being, in john bolton's opinion, not only that to expect a president to uphold the oath of office is against the principles of democracy (which are of course quite separate from the so-called law) — no no — bolton, and i guess the whole unitary executive crowd, seem to believe that the framers intended and signatories understood the act of holding even one presidential election as nullifying the authority of the constitution over the executive branch created therein — all based on some kind of contradiction within the obligation to execute the law to the best of one's ability?
or something? what? when did "we had to destroy the village in order to save it" get attributed to james madison? was i sleeping?
well, i can work with that. that seems to mean that the president could be impeached for being sworn in! i mean, for a federal official, what crime could be more high than entering into a binding contact to disobey the constitution?
and why do i bother with stuff like this.…
(ps) the phrase ambassador bolton produced from his mighty mountain of talking points was democratic theory. this is all that binds the president, he seemed to be saying. the practice of the existing body of the law is only hearsay evidence of the true theoretical force that lies behind the constitution, and from which the constitution draws its authority.
this is in fact a very important distinction. or seems to me. because, if you believe that your power is derived not from the binding agreement to follow the language of a contract, but from the set of principles from which the contract draws its language — meaning, the constitution, or any contract, by using language and legal concepts used in other contracts, loses its uniqueness and takes on absolutely any meaning a signatory wishes — wait.
this looks like the same thing as saying that because the united states constitution resembles and draws from the magna carta, it is the magna carta, up to and, yes, including the idea that language in the magna carta supercedes language in the constitution.
this makes me so happy. and it certainly is a fine theory, to say that because we're in a democracy, we can vote in our minds on how we want every law to apply to us. and it's a fine way to live, believing that the first rule of law is you can vote yourself immune both from your legal responsibilities and from prosecution.
(pps) "as a person of good conscience, i cannot take this oath of office, but i definitely still get to be president, because i was elected."
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An evil conspearacy attacking "our" Honey Bee’s? Honey Bee's which pollinate 80% of
all the food we eat. Quit fooling around! Stupid!!!
"Environment it's the Real Homeland Security" Stupid!!!
What if it is on purpose intentional, an act of war attacking "our" Honey Bee’s?
So cut out the siple minded Ya'll are redneck jokes .
We are all junkies chedmicly warfairstate
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worlds millions of living things reduced
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viens of the murder machine which will
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This is not what I am talking about
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A "mysterious illness" that's killed off massive numbers of honey bees nationwide is affecting ... But this year - there's a mysterious ailment killing bees. ... What if it is on purpose? An intentional act of war, attacking our Honey Bee's which pollinate 80%
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Security Stupid!!!!
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Who cares there's always sugar and that fake syrup...Or it may be
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Real Homeland Security Stupid!!!!
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As far back as 2005, Haefeker ended an article he contributed to the journal Der Kritischer Agrarbericht
(Critical Agricultural Report) with an Albert Einstein quote: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the
globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more
plants, no more animals, no more man."
Mysterious events in recent months have suddenly made Einstein's apocalyptic vision seem all the more
topical. For unknown reasons, bee populations throughout Germany are disappearing -- something that is
so far only harming beekeepers. But the situation is different in the United States, where bees are dying
in such dramatic numbers that the economic consequences could soon be dire. No one knows what is
causing the bees to perish, but some experts believe that the large-scale use of genetically modified
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Some time back I posted a 25 minute condensed version
of the 1987 PBS Documentary put together by Bill Moyers.
The actual full documentary was an hour and a half and
until now, wasn't available online. Without further ado,
here is the full 90 minute documentary. It is powerful!
UPDATE: Google Video has taken the full version down
again. Back to the 22 minute condensed version.
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Sir, No Sir! - Full Video Movie - Vietnam G.I. UndergroundComments (4) Trackback Published Sunday, December 31, 2006 by Nate. UPDATE: Google Video yanked the full version offline so screw them, here it is. If you haven't seen it yet. Watch it! Learn how your
fathers did it!
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Veterans For PeaceComments (4) Trackback
Published Thursday, December 28, 2006 by Nate.
The real Art of Peace is not to sacrifice a single one of your
warriors to defeat an enemy. Vanquish your foes by always keeping yourself in a safe and unassailable position; then no one will
suffer any losses. The Way of a Warrior, the Art of Politics,
is to stop trouble before it starts. It consists in defeating
your adversaries spiritually by making them realize the folly
of their actions. The Way of a Warrior is to establish harmony.
-Morihei Ueshiba
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