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Written by Jack W. Martin
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Tuesday, 10 July 2007 |
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Page 2 of 2 War or no war? Well, we have been forced to pay for wars we don\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t like. Why? Your article: More like prisoners or no prisoners. Prisoners? Vietnam was over in the early 70s. Prisoners then would have been age 20 to 35 or so. Add 35 years, Michael. If they adapted to survive that long they probably wouldn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t want to come back over here. Vietnam might be glad to get rid of such Medicare cases. Be skeptical of people who are in the business of holding imaginary war prisoners or starving children or suffering people hostage to get your attention and donation. Joe McCarthy held up a restaurant menu in the Senate in 1953 claiming it was a list of communists in the state department. Colin Powell related false information to the world for war profits at the UN in 2003. The Kuwaiti Emir\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s relatives (disguised)testified before Congress about mass rapes and babies thrown in the street (falsely) after the Kuwait invasion in 1991. Ambassador April Glasbe (on news footage)can plainly be heard telling Saddam Hussein it would be OK with Daddy Bush to annex Kuwait (1990). She was soon replaced by Joe Wilson who later disputed the evidence Powell presented. The worst lies were told in connection with the dismemberment of Yugoslavia during Clinton\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s reign. Wes Clark was the war criminal there. Don\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t mention poor old demented Reagan who had Alzheimer\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s before he started and presided over Daddy B\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s crimes, especially Iran-Contra and the looting of our Savings and Loan system.
I don\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t know how we can get the truth out that big corporations need war, chaos, uncertainty, terror, scarcity, consumer debt and labor slavery to maximize profit. Their GATT and NAFTA override any laws passed here and set us competing against Chinese, African, Melanesian and Amerindian slave labor. They are still ruining the natural environment and killing indigenous populations around the world. How do wage workers and computer techs do anything about that?
I think the only thing we can do is be kind and careful close to home. Maybe this site is a humane outlet for people to talk about what positive, peaceful and responsible things they can do.
If you\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ve been in Stanley you know I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'m trying to start a folk school using handicrafts and local independent media as a seed strategy. I also grow an organic vegetable garden behind my house. If I could afford them I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'d buy some solar panels (now mostly from China) and hook them up. I will try not to buy any more new cars, just use up the little old half worn out ones. That saves many times as much as a Priius and keeps me debt free. (Your debt keeps you from being free. Rev. James Dobson is a woman- hating fascist but he is right about that one.)
If you decide to vote (Register and locate your poll site ahead of time) support those who promise (may be liers) to end war in Iraq. The Democrats and Republicans are corporate controlled. We need real parties with different programs. Heck fire! We need a new country, maybe 8 or 10. All should void corporate charters. Let Home Depot, Halliburton, Blackwater and Walmart die of natural causes: no business. Then we can restore community commerce within a commons (square, parks, public halls) and have a forum for ideas (actual town meetings without developers, magnates, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"experts\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and lawyers in charge).
I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ll try and tell people about this site. I think some of us are afraid to speak in public. Others don\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t know what they think until they get their script at work or from TV, or some nutso site. I do extensive reading and research but am prepared to be proven wrong and change my mind. I was rejected to comment on your blog repeatedly after refreshing several times. That could also be a problem for participationOnly registered users can write comments.
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