-Caveat Lector-
Rehnquist's stripes are old news - he added them long before this
impeachment business even began.
Barb
At 02:57 PM 1/15/99 -0600, you wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
>STRIPED SLEEVES MEAN IMPEACHMENT IS MILITARY?
>=============================================
>
>(CNNS, 01/15/99) -- Those are not just striped sleeves Chief
>Judge William Rehnquist is wearing as he presides over the
>impeachment trial of Bill Clinton. Those are GOLD-striped
>sleeves.
>
>An article in the New York Times (Electronic Edition) dated Jan.
>15, 1999, describes Judge Rehnquist specifically as "resplendent
>in his black gown with four gold stripes on each sleeve."
>
>A commentary in the New York Post, by Steve Dunleavy, also sees
>gold, but Dunleavy describes "three gold stripes on his robe."
>["We Could Witness A Total Travesty If Republicans Fold," by
>Steve Dunleavy. NYPost, 1/15/99]
>
>There is disagreement between the NYTimes and NYPost as to
>whether there are 3 or 4 stripes, but both agree that those are
>gold stripes Judge Rehnquist is wearing.
>
>Why the sudden new fashion in judicial wear? Rehnquist
>reportedly says he copied the gold-striped style "after seeing a
>Gilbert and Sullivan operetta." [Dunleavy. Op. cit.]
>
>Is Judge Rehnquist's explanation believable? That a scholarly
>jurist, the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, approaches
>the somber and serious business of presiding over the impeachment
>trial of a U.S. President with such a flippant attitude? One of
>the most serious proceedings, if not THE most serious proceeding,
>over which Rehnquist is ever to preside, and he is so humorous,
>light-hearted and cavalier that he copies his style of robe from
>a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta?
>
>CNNS does not believe Rehnquist's explanation as to why he is
>suddenly wearing gold-stripes on his judicial robe.
>
>And since Rehnquist's Gilbert & Sullivan story is implausible and
>therefore a cover story, and hides whatever the REAL reason is
>for the sudden change in judicial wardrobe, then what is it that
>Rehnquist's cover story is meant to hide?
>
> -+- A Rosetta Stone -+-
>
>Rehnquist's gold stripes are a Rosetta Stone, unlocking many
>mysteries.
>
>If Rehnquist is wearing 4 gold stripes on each sleeve, then
>according to "Ru Mills" (pseudonym) those 4 gold stripes are
>equivalent to the rank of Full Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
>
>A researcher has published to a conspiracy research mailing list
>([EMAIL PROTECTED]) what he has uncovered as to the possible
>significance of Rehnquist's gold striped-sleeves. He writes, in
>part, that....
>
> There has been some discussion among law researchers that
> indicates that the gold fringe on the US flag indicates
> martial law rule. If you recall the old westerns when the
> US cavalry showed up they all had gold braids on the
> trumpet, flag, and on the shoulders. We know for certain
> that they were under martial law, for the federal
> government was governing the territories directly previous
> to them entering as states.
>
>
> -+- The Military Connection -+-
>
>In Edward Gibbon's great book, "The Decline and Fall of the Roman
>Empire," the author repeatedly describes how, with the accession
>of each new Roman Emperor, a pre-requisite was, often, approval
>by the military. Following the death of Constantine, for
>example, "a loud and unanimous declaration was procured from the
>troops that they would suffer none except the sons of their
>lamented monarch to reign over the Roman empire." Military
>support was crucial; without it, the Caesars could not rule. As
>the Roman Empire decayed over the centuries, military support
>became increasingly necessary and support from the Roman senate
>was no longer very important.
>
>Over several years, Sherman Skolnick, chairman of the
>Chicago-based public interest research group, Citizens' Committee
>To Clean Up The Courts, has reported on attempts by U.S. military
>brass to arrest their Commander-in-Chief, Bill Clinton, under
>provisions of the U.S. Military Code of Justice. Does
>Rehnquist's gold striped-sleeve robe suggest that something like
>a military arrest or military trial has occurred or is occurring?
>Or is the new-style judicial robe merely a symbolic message from
>the military, warning Clinton of their power?
>
>Contacted by CNNS, Mr. Skolnick further noted that the
>striped-sleeve style of judicial robe was *de rigueur* in Nazi
>Germany.
>
> -+- The Intelligence Connection -+-
>
>Heading the team of prosecutors conducting the impeachment trial
>is Congressman Henry Hyde. Mr. Skolnick has repeatedly reported
>that Hyde oversees the CIA "Black Budget," highly-classified
>accounts of how CIA spends its money. Hyde also, according to
>Skolnick, is a retired Naval Reserve Commander. So with Chief
>Prosecutor Hyde, we have another murky figure participating in
>the developing drama.
>
>In past reports, Ru Mills has emphasized two factions in the
>intelligence "community": Faction 1 and Faction 2. Faction 1,
>reportedly, is internationalist and pro-New World Order. Faction
>2, reportedly, is nationalist and anti-New World Order. Faction
>1 has backed Bill Clinton. Faction 2 is anti-Clinton.
>
>In a report dated Dec. 31, 1998, Mills wrote that a key source,
>connected with Faction 2 and one she had not heard from for quite
>some time, had suddenly contacted her and relayed startling news.
>Although Mills' source gave his information with the caveat that
>"anything can happen," he seemed extremely confident that Faction
>2 had just won a major victory against Faction 1. ["RMNews
>Source Says: 'Senators, Congressmen.... Don't Block Up The
>Hall," 12/31/98]
>
>If Faction 2 has indeed triumphed over Faction 1, this would
>explain any evaporation of Bill Clinton's strong-armed base of
>support.
>
> -+- The Israeli Connection -+-
>
>The deeper levels of Bill Clinton's current troubles are hard to
>fathom. That he is in trouble is unquestionable. Another angle
>on the undercover source of the president's woes lies in the
>ongoing Netanyahu/Clinton feud.
>
>Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, is nationalist, and
>is part of the right wing in Israel's politics. Bill Clinton is
>internationalist, and is identified with what passes for the
>"left" in U.S. politics. When the Monica Lewinsky scandal first
>erupted in January of 1998, that eruption reportedly occurred
>shortly after Bill Clinton had "dissed" Netanyahu by delaying a
>scheduled meeting. Netanyahu had been forced to wait, and wait,
>until Clinton at last deigned to see him.
>
>Speculation exists that Monica Lewinsky was used as part of an
>Israeli "sting" operation against Clinton, possibly as revenge by
>Netanyahu.
>
>Recently, information has surfaced describing how Clintonista
>spinmeisters James Carville, Stan Greenberg, and Robert Shrum
>have been meddling in Israeli politics, seeking to unseat their
>enemy Netanyahu in Israel's upcoming election. ["Bibi Battered
>By Bill's Boys' Barbs," NYPost, 1/10/99.]
>
>In an apparent counter-move, unknown operatives burgled the
>offices, in Washington, DC, of above-mentioned Democratic
>pollster Stan Greenberg. Stolen were a specific set of files
>dealing with the upcoming Israeli election. No other files were
>stolen. "Several [Israeli] Labor legislators immediately pointed
>to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud as the guilty
>party." [Reuters, 1/13/99. "Washington Break-In Hits Israeli
>Election Campaign."]
>
>Does Israeli intelligence, the Mossad, have its own Faction 1 and
>Faction 2? How does pressure for release of convicted spy
>Jonathan Pollard fit into all of this? If Pollard is released to
>Israel next week, that will help Netanyahu's chances to be
>retained as Israeli Prime Minister. All these undercover plots
>and counter-plots could be reflected, on a superficial level, in
>Bill Clinton's trial for perjury and obstruction of justice.
>
> -+- The Systematics/Foster/Israel Connection -+-
>
>Another factor in the puzzle is the late Vince Foster. Foster,
>according to a classic series of articles by J. Orlin Grabbe, a
>former professor at the prestigious Wharton College, may have
>transferred top-secret missile launch codes to Israel.
>["Allegations Regarding Vince Foster, the NSA, and Banking
>Transactions Spying," by J. Orlin Grabbe.]
>
>Foster's later "suicide" is as puzzling in circumstance as is
>Rehnquist's Gilbert & Sullivan judicial wardrobe. Despite THREE
>(count 'em, THREE) official investigations into Foster's
>"suicide" (methinks thou dost investigate too much), all THREE of
>which concluded that Foster died by his own hand, many Americans
>remain unconvinced.
>
>Though many say Foster was murdered, the proper word to describe
>Foster's death is EXECUTED. Foster, linked by several reports to
>an alleged National Security Agency (NSA) operation,
>"Systematics," and its successor, Alltel, was a high-ranking NSA
>official. According to Sherman Skolnick, Foster held a rank in
>NSA equivalent to a General in the military. If Foster had
>committed treason by giving classified information to a foreign
>power, he may have been tried and found guilty by a "Star
>Chamber" type of secret court. "Treason is still punishable by
>death," notes Ru Mills' source.
>
>Another murky circumstance is the recent death, again by supposed
>"suicide," of Alltel vice president and board member Charles
>Wilbourne Miller, on Nov. 17, 1998. ["Another Very Suspicious
>'Arkancide.'" World Net Daily, 1/12/99]
>
> -+- Further National Security Concerns -+-
>
>According to a report from Newsmax, journalist Christopher
>Ruddy's web site, further national security concerns are being
>raised as to Bill Clinton's stated knowledge that White House
>phones likely were "bugged" by foreign spies. "Clinton
>recognized in a telephone conversation with [Monica Lewinsky]
>that foreign intelligence organizations could, without much
>trouble, be listening in on their phone sex and other musings,
>according to Lewinskys detailed and unchallenged testimony."
>[Washington Post article by Jim Hoagland. qtd. in "Senate Trial
>Bombshell: Clinton As Security Risk," by Cliff Kincaid.
>Newsmax, 1/15/99.]
>
>Did Clinton do anything to thwart the perceived spying, other
>than to "propose an absurd cover story to Monica?" [Hoagland.
>Op. cit.]
>
>Yet another factor discernable as lurking beneath the surface of
>what may be a show trial, the impeachment proceedings, is the
>treason implicit in the Clinton/Red China connection. Ru Mills'
>already cited source relayed to her that
>
> The report of the sale of U.S. technology to China has done
> it all. It will unravel the treason of the Bush and
> Clinton administrations. People forget the Bush family are
> the biggest investors in China. Don't think this transfer
> of technology started with Clinton. It started with Bush.
> ["RMNews Source Says: 'Senators, Congressmen.... Don't
> Block Up The Hall," 12/31/98]
>
>
> -+- A Coup d'Etat? -+-
>
>Even left-leaning, mainstream journalists have voiced opinions
>that the current impeachment trial of Bill Clinton is a sham, and
>that a conspiracy lurks beneath the surface. But those
>journalists do not look deeply enough when they call it a
>"Republican coup" against the president. The strings of this
>trial are being pulled by persons a lot more hidden than "rabid
>Republicans."
>
>The removal from office of Bill Clinton is apparently justified.
>But secret machinations controlling the U.S. presidency are an
>affront to the ideal of democracy. The public, poorly informed
>and denied their Right To Know, do not even know that they do not
>know. They think instead that the facts involved in the present
>impeachment charade are all out in the open, and give their
>opinions on the matter based upon imperfect knowledge. This news
>service also "does not know" -- but at least, in the case of
>CNNS, we know that we do not know.
>
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