Warning; OT Politics,Special to Mr. Alan Barnard. Not for the high of blood pressure

David M. Porritt dm.porritt@verizon.net
Thu, 06 Mar 2003 17:01:44 -0600


Thump,

Please put the political and quasi-political comments on a political
list, and not on the pianotech list.  

dave

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On 3/6/2003 at 12:44 PM gordon stelter wrote:

>--- tune4u@earthlink.net wrote:
>> 
>>  A. I'd have split the instant I realized what was
>> going on. And, I might
>> very well have been the one who called the cops: no
>> one likes a stoolie but
>> there was serious crime and endangerment going on.
>> 
>> B. Thump said: "And those Arabs think we're immoral!
>> How DARE they!"
>> 
>> Well, excuuuuuuuse me, Bud, but "WE" are not
>> immoral. Some of us are, some
>> are not. Some Arabs are, some are not. Can you
>> understand that subtle
>> difference?
>> 
>Thanks for the clarification, Alan! Without you, but
>what would I do??????????
>Of course I realize that there are moral and immoral
>people in every culture and religion. I also realize
>that, thanks to our media, many foreigners see us as
>loud, sex crazed, intoxicated, greedy buffoons. Which
>puts us at danger from fanatics who think they will be
>doing God a favor by hurting us.
>     By the way: I just read a lovely article about
>the 7 strains of anthrax "our" government provided
>"So-Damn Insane" back in the 80's (Reagan-Bush) when
>he was our "friend", and we were helping him target
>his enemies (Kurds and others) and kill them with the
>nerve gas, etc. that we provided. ( About which we
>complained not for 2 years because he was still our
>"friend". )And how Dubya snatched up that 12,000 page
>weapons report from Baghdad and edited it before the
>U.N. could read it for, ostensibly,"National Security"
>reasons: these being that Bush didn't think it would
>be good "P.R." if the world knew that American and
>Japanese companies originally BUILT Saddam's weapons
>of mass destructiuon, and gave or sold them to him,
>which is precisely why Bush knows what Iraq still
>has!!! ( But won't tell us how he
>knows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )
>Source: John Suggs, editor in chief at "Creative
>Loafing", who cites as his source, and by name, an old
>friend in the National Security office.
>    So, which category are THESE characters in, in
>your book? Moral, or immoral? 
>    And don't forget the 43 million (your tax dollars)
>"we" gave the Taliban in May, 2001 
>(Source: Wall Street Journal) ostensibly for "opium
>eradication", but also to "butter up" the Taliban for
>Bush's oil buddies in an attempt to gain permission to
>build a pipeline through Afghanistan. (This, although
>having dealings with the Taliban was outlawed
>internationally several years ago.) Karzai, our
>installed "president" of Afghanistan was on the board
>of directors of Unocal, the company established for
>this project. As was Cheney, I believe, who rebuilt
>Iraq's oilfields with Halliburton and has been buying
>oil from Iraq for years.( The Bin Laden family
>construction group did the corrosion proofing on its
>pipelines.)
>   And, after September 11, when all U.S. skies were
>cleared of flights for several days, one lone Saudi
>jet flew to 5 American cities and evacuated 20 Bin
>Laden family members (Bush's buddies--there are easily
>accessible photos them all dining together at the
>White House) before the F.B.I could question them, 
>(which made the F.B.I pretty irate----temporarily!)
>Source: "The New Yorker" magazine.
>
>    Beginning to see the picture?  
>    Good!
>    Sleep well!
>    Thump
>
>P.S. What is presented above is easily confirmable
>historical fact (as is PrescottBush's extensive
>business dealings with Adolf Hitler--stopped by
>Congress in 1942 ) so pleasedo alittle reasearch with
>your computers before calling me a traitor, etc..
>And while you're at it,please read MollyIvins'
>excellent article (March 3) about how Bush's
>belligrence wrecked 5 decades of slow progress in
>relationswithN.Korea, thus helping to create the
>crisis we are in with them, too!
>    Whether you agree with Bush's policies or not,
>anyone with a TV can see that he has quickly made us
>the most hated nation on earth, which puts us all at
>risk of attack. How does this jibe with his avowed
>policy of "protecting Americans"?
>     Regards,
>     Thump
>
>
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David M. Porritt
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Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
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