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Thursday December 28, 2006
POLITICAL ESSAYS
I'll Buy A Ford Soonest
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I *need* a Ford soonest. That's why I, Bu$h, will
lay out the green to get one.
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AP reports "Bush remarks on death of...Ford."
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"For a nation that needed healing, and for an office
that needed a calm and steady hand, Gerald Ford
came along when we need him most."
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Please note what Bu$h did not say: he did not say
"when we needed him most."
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Please note what Bu$h did say:
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WHEN WE NEED HIM MOST.
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So?
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Surely you remember!
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FORD PARDONED THE CROOK.
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"We mourn the loss of such a leader." Sure do.
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I *need* a Ford soonest. I, Bu$h, am a top-notch
fundraiser!
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061227/ap_on_go_pr_wh/ford_bush_transcript&printer=1
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or
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FORD_BUSH_TRANSCRIPT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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Sunday December 24, 2006
POLITICAL ESSAYS
Revelation 101
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"An anecdote preserved in the diary (1692) of a *sa-
murai* [= warrior] in Nagoya reveals the standard of
values [in Japan] at the time.
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``The lord of Iyo (in Shikoku) lost a favorite hawk,
``and sought for it throughout his domain. One day
``a certain farmer went out to tend his fields, while
``his wife stayed at home with her weaving. A hawk
``flew in and perched on her loom. The wife took her
``shuttle and struck the bird, which straightaway died.
``The farmer returned home and was told by his wife
``how a beautifully marked bird had settled on her
``loom, how she had struck at it without intending to
``kill it, but how the bird had unfortunately died. Her
``husband looked at it and saw it was a hawk. He was
``greatly alarmed, for he knew the lord was searching
``for such a bird. With much trepidation he told the
``village headman about what had happened, and the
``occurence was reported to the bailiff. The latter, in
``great anger, had the husband and wife bound, and
``taken before his lord for trial. The lord, too, was en-
``raged, and had the wife crucified, but pardoned the
``husband because he was not at home at the time in
``question.
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"The story goes on to relate that when the husband
went to pray for his wife, he found that she was still
alive, and the lord, hearing this, had her taken down.
She claimed to have been saved by a protective deity.
The *samurai* who noted all this [in his diary] did not
seem to find the treatment of the woman surprising; it
was her return to life that astonished him."
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"The story goes on" = The fake ending to the story is
designed to make evil lords look good.
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No one in Japan *turned* this fake ending against the
rulers who devised it.
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But earlier, in Palestine, when the Roman rulers and
their puppets murdered an unpatriotic carpenter they
discovered their evil deed caused unwelcome unrest.
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So the too-bright-by-half puppets hastily spread the
fake word that the crucified carpenter had risen from
the dead and then (mercifully) dissappeared.
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A bit later a traveller hit upon a way to *turn* this lie
against the Romans and their puppets by proclaiming
the risen carpenter to be the long-awaited messiah
sent not only to the puppets but to the whole Roman
world!
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What's this about *turn*?
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"In detournement, an artist reuses elements of well-
known media to create a new work with a different
message, often one opposed to the original."
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"...a similar term more familiar to English speakers
would be 'turnabout', although this term is not used
in academia and the arts world."
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"[Detournement] may be contrasted with recupera-
tion, in which originally subversive works and ideas
are themselves appropriated by mainstream media."
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The anecdote's at pages 37, 38 of--
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C J Dunn
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Everyday Life in Traditional Japan
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G P Putnam's Sons
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1969
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198+ pages
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The detournement info:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detournement
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Thursday December 21, 2006
POLITICAL ESSAYS
Abramoff For Prez, Obama For Vice
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The One Party, the Wall $treet party, has balanced
its ticket.
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Its top-secret Prez candidate is ABRAMOFF.
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It's super-secret Vice candidate is OBAMA.
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Two men, working together, to set free the Big Boys!
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OK, but who's this Obama?
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Washington Post, basing its newsstory on Chicago Trib
revelations, tells the story.
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When Obama was "a top student" at Harvard Law,
Rezko --"indicted in October" this year "on influence-
peddling"-- offered O a job. O didn't take it "but over
the years, the two men stayed in touch."
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R backed --with $$$$--O's 2004 run for the Senate.
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In June 2005 "Obama and Rezko's wife bought ad-
jacent properties on Chicago's South Side, closing
the deals on the same day."
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O got his property --"a spacious three-story Georgian
revival home" now valued close to one and two-thirds
million dollars-- for "$300,000 below the list price."
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R told O "he knew the developer who renovated the
house."
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Later O paid R's wife $104,500 for one-sixth of the
empty lot next door, a strip of land then valued at
$40,500.
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DOWN 'N DIRTY FOR PREZ
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SQEAKY CLEAN FOR VICE.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/16/AR2006121600729_pf.html
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Archived Trib story with headline similar to WaPo's:
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http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/1157610741.html?dids=1157610741:1157610741&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+6%2C+2006&author=Chicago+Tribune&pub=Chicago+Tribune&edition=&startpage=8&desc=Obama+says+he+regrets+making+deals+with+Rezko
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Sunday December 17, 2006
POLITICAL ESSAYS
Investigation
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A Reuters newsstory filed yesterday reveals there's
"an elite force loyal to Palestinian President...Abbas"
at "a Gaza training camp."
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It's a "U.S.-backed 3,500-strong force" smack dab
"in Gaza City."
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Whence cometh this Superpower-backed elite force?
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Associated Press reported November 6, 2006 from
Amman that "Jordan's government confirmed...it is
considering sending Palestinian troops under its con-
trol to the Palestinian territories...."
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These so-called Palestinian troops are in "a Jordan-
based unit of the Palestinian Liberation Army...."
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Looking up Palestinian Liberation Army at wikipedia
reveals "The Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) was
set up as the military wing of the Palestinian Libera-
tion Organization (PLO) in 1964, with the mission of
fighting Israel. It has never been under effective
PLO control, but rather it has been controlled by its
host governments."
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Well, now! Never been under PLO control, always
been under "host governments" control...
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What else? "The PLA was originally organized into
three brigades," one of which was "Qadisiyyah."
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That brigade was "Originally based in Iraq, but trans-
ferred to Jordan in 1967."
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"These brigades were staffed by Palestinian refugees
under the control of the host countries, who would
perform their military service in these units instead of
in the regular armed forces [of the host countries]."
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Palestinian refugees? Maybe that was so in 1964 or
even in 1967. But now --generations later?
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Returning to "Qadisiyyah." The name alludes to "The
Battle of al-Qadisiyyah...[in the seventh century AD,
which] was the decisive engagement between the
Arab Muslim army and the Sasanian Persian army...."
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So?
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"The most notable use of Qadisiyyah's emotive power
was the dubbing by Saddam Husayn of his eight-year
war against Iran as Qadisiyyat-Saddam...."
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That war lasted from 1980 to 1988. "Since Iran was
internationally isolated and facing rising public discon-
tent, it agreed to a cease-fire...[in] 1988."
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That was then, this is now --and Iran is ascendant in
Iraq.
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So "Qadisiyyah" is out. AP reveals the new name.
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The so-called "Palestinian troops from Jordan" now
are "known as the Badr Brigade...."
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Wikipedia helps again.
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"The Badr Brigade was formed by the Iranian govern-
ment to fight...Hussein's Baathist regime in Iraq. Its
members were drawn from pro-Iranian Iraqi Shia pol-
itical and religious dissidents. The Badr forces fought
alongside Iran in the Iran-Iraq War...."
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In March 2003, Badr forces joined Superpower troops
invading Iraq.
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"After the fall of Baghdad, Badr forces...joined the
newly-reconstituted [= puppet] army, police and In-
terior Ministry in significant numbers."
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The 3,500 in Gaza City are but part of this armed wing
of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in
Iraq, still headquartered in Teheran.
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Iran is (for now) ascendant in Iraq.
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MAYBE ALSO IN ABBAS' "PALESTINE"...
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Reuters newsstory:
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/16/AR2006121600284_pf.html
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AP newsstory:
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http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/world/15943932.htm
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or
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/11/06/jordan_considers_sending_troops_to_areas/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News
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Wikipedia articles:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Liberation_Army
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_al-Q%C4%81disiyyah
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Iraq_War
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Friday December 15, 2006
POLITICAL ESSAYS
Trustee Trust
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Reuters reported "South Korea's Ban Ki-moon was
sworn in as the eighth U.N. secretary-general on
Thursday and vowed to restore trust in an institution
tainted by scandal and a growing divide between rich
and poor nations."
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The UNO is one of The Superpower's fronts, just like
World Bank and IMF.
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To restore trust in the UNO is to restore trust in The
Superpower, its fronts, its proxies.
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One of its proxies in East Asia is South Korea. One of
its proxies in West Asia is Israel.
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Naturally, each has trustee trust in the other.
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Reuters reported in a separate newsstory "Ki-moon
told Iran on Thursday it was unacceptable to...call for
Israel to be wiped off the map."
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Ban Ki-moon generalizes: "Nor is it acceptable to call
for the elimination of states" --meaning it's unaccept-
able to call for elimination of any state.
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Any state? Particularly The Superpower!
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Ban Ki-moon's generalization is meant to be specific,
for were The Superpower to fall all its proxies would
sooner or later be eliminated too.
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Oh, about that "growing divide" so visible in the UN
General Assembly. An assigned task for Ban Ki-moon
is first to neutralize, then to eliminate the General As-
semby, thus in one fell swoop eliminating from the
UNO all states not subservient to The Superpower.
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The first Reuters:
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/14/AR2006121400161_pf.html
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The second:
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/14/AR2006121400967_pf.html
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The conference in Tehran, another Ban no-no:
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http://adelaideinstitute.org/2006December/contents.htm
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Thursday December 14, 2006
POLITICAL ESSAYS
The Intentionally Vague - Part 3
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Under the headline "200 [Thousand] Said Killed In
Algeria Insurgency," Associated Press reported an
example of
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THE MINIMIZING CONFESSION:
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"Algerian Interior Minister...Zerhouni said some 700 to
800 Islamic insurgents continue to do battle in various
parts of the country."
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The minister of state terror vaguely suggested that
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a) while the Algerian Resistance is still around [the
confession]
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b) it no longer amounts to much [the minimizing].
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That AP newsstory was datelined Saturday, March 18,
2006 --nearly nine monthe ago.
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Yesterday Reuters reported "Sunday's bomb and gun
attack on a bus carrying [foreign oil] workers includ-
ing Americans near Algiers."
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It now appears that "rebels...retain the ability to men-
ace Western interests."
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"Foreign and Algerian residents were startled by the
attackers' ability to...plan and execute a reasonably
complex attack before vanishing into surrounding for-
ests and farms."
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But!
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"Confidence in the security services...remains robust."
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From there, the newsstory degenerates into intention-
ally vague babble about al Qaeda, Hezbollah, etc.
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One thing is made crystal clear, however --the role of
The Superpower:
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"The bus...was ferrying employees of...a joint venture
of Halliburton subsidiary Kellog, Brown and Root" and
"an affiliate of [an] Algerian state energy group...."
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State energy group? A conduit to "Algerian" cabinet
ministers.
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The original essay:
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/717
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The Reuters newsstory:
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/13/AR2006121300348_pf.html
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