-Caveat Lector- > Aug 9 > > WE ARE NOT MAKING THIS UP > > ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE: Federal Emergency Management Agency > officials will help develop a national program to combat school > violence in the aftermath of shootings at Westside Middle School > near Jonesboro and other schools around the country, an agency > official said Friday. "We didn't have school violence before," > said Kay Goss, associate director of the agency and a native of > Northwest Arkansas who was appointed to her post six years ago. > "But the definition of emergencies in school has to be changed to > include school violence." > > "So many times we've heard afterward someone say, "I heard he was > going to blow up the school, but I didn't think he would.' We > have to catch violence in the early end of the cycle," she said. > .... Along with Goss, Buddy Young, the agency's southern regional > director in Denton, Texas; Cliff Brown, Goss' assistant; and Jan > Paschal, northeast regional representative of the U.S. Department > of Education, spoke during Friday's seminar, which urged area > officials to develop comprehensive emergency programs for area > schools. > > THE UNDERNEWS: FEMA has a long history dating back to the Reagan > years of granting, or attempting to grant, itself plenary powers > of one sort or another. One of its more notorious schemes > involved a junta to provide "continuity in government" following > a national disaster .... Buddy Young was Clinton's muscle at the > Arkansas state house who, unlike some other state troopers, > remained loyal to WJC and was rewarded with the FEMA plum. He's > not the sort of person one expects in high federal office. More > about all this can be found by searching TPR's web site for > "FEMA" and "Buddy" > > STUPID POLITICIAN TRICKS > > WIRED: A proposed congressional bill that bans Internet > discussions of the use of unapproved drugs and links to such > sites has not just normally mellow potheads but also journalist > groups in a huff .... About a dozen senators have signed on to > support the Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act, but its > primary leaders are Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat and > longtime Internet regulatory enthusiast, and Orrin Hatch, the > arch-conservative Utah Republican who chairs the Senate Judiciary > committee. If the measure becomes law, it will create a new > federal felony -- punishable by a fine and three years in prison > -- that covers Web pages that link to sites with information > about where to buy "drug paraphernalia." .... Even editors of > news organizations that publish articles about drug culture and > link to related sites will be subject to arrest and prosecution. > > ANOTHER BILL from the ever-tedious Hatch, cosponsored regrettably > by the normally sane Patrick Leahy, would prohibit the > registering of a web domain with the sole intent of selling it to > someone later. Proving once again that the free market belongs to > those who got there first, the legislation would outlaw a > practice known as cybersquatting. One response: the owner of two > domains using Hatch's name has offered to sell them to the > senator for $45,000. The bill is now before the Senate. > > DRUG BUSTS > > REUTERS: A federal judge has given the longest possible prison > sentence to a Vietnam veteran who had claimed that his > ``medical'' marijuana crop was legal under California state law. > U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell sentenced 52-year-old B.E. > Smith to 27 months in federal prison, the first such sentence > since California voters passed the ``Compassionate Use Act'' > legalizing medical uses of marijuana in 1996. > > THE CULTURE OF IMPUNITY > Wages of Sin Department > > The American Bar Association featured Clintonista felon Webster > Hubbell at its national convention. Hubbell, you may recall, was > a lawyer sent to jail for overbilling his clients. > > The ABA also invited W.J. Clinton to speak. The invitation was > announced the same week that a federal court judge imposed a > $90,000 fine on Clinton for having given "false, misleading and > evasive answers that were designed to obstruct the judicial > process." The judge took the action, "not only to redress the > misconduct of the President in this case, but to deter others who > might themselves consider emulating the President of the United > States by engaging in misconduct that undermines the integrity of > the judicial system." > > Clinton is also under consideration for disbarment in Arkansas. > > VINCE FOSTER > > Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, who wrote some of the best earlier > material on the Clinton scandals, has returned to the topic in an > article about HRC and Vince Foster in the Telegraph of London. > Among his points: > > -- The cover-up of Foster's death was not initially Kenneth > Starr's doing but the FBI. "Once this had occurred there was no > going back. The FBI and the Justice Department were > institutionally committed. It would have taken a granite > prosecutor to crack this open. Mr. Starr was not a man who was > going to tangle with the FBI." > > --"Mr. Starr's lead prosecutor in the case, Miquel Rodriguez, the > man who conducted the witness cross-examinations, suspected that > Foster's death was staged to look like a suicide. As he tried to > probe, FBI agents began to obstruct him. Planted stories appeared > in the press .... Mr. Starr looked the other way. Rodriguez > discovered that the FBI had doctored the key surviving Polaroid > taken of Foster's head and neck. By sleuth, he obtained the > original, which I have examined. It shows a black stippled neck > wound, half way between the chin and the ear, exuding blood. It > looks like a small caliber gunshot fired at short range, probably > a .22 handgun pressed into the neck. In the FBI's doctored photo, > the wound has disappeared." > > -- "Why does it matter? Because the FBI engaged in flagrant > evidence tampering, and because it invalidates the official story > that Foster put a revolver in his mouth and blew his brains out." > > -- Evans-Pritchard suggests that the death of Foster was related > to that a few months later of Jerry Parks, the private > investigator hired by Foster to do surveillance on WJC. When > Parks heard about the Foster death, he said, "I'm a dead man." > And soon was. > > The full story is well worth reading. TELEGRAPH STORY http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000157475629455&rtmo=pQsUshSe&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/99/8/7/whil107.html > > > CLINTON SCANDALS > > WASHINGTON TIMES: A former White House official invoked his Fifth > Amendment rights 28 times Thursday in refusing to testify during > a rancorous House committee hearing on campaign finance abuses > during the 1996 presidential election. Mark Middleton, an > Arkansas lawyer and longtime confidant of President Clinton, > steadfastly refused to answer questions by House Government > Reform Committee Republicans on whether he conspired with > government officials in China or elsewhere to illegally funnel > contributions to the Democratic National Committee or the > Clinton-Gore re-election campaign. At one point, a frustrated > Rep. Bob Barr, Georgia Republican, shouted at Mr. Middleton, > asking him if he was "a bag man" for Chinese government > interests. The former White House official quietly replied, "I > respectfully decline to answer the question." > > MATT DRUDGE: More than a dozen women associated with various > Clinton scandals are set to gather in one hotel room, the Drudge > Report has learned. The meeting, which has been planned in > secret, is scheduled to take place in Dallas later this month. > According to legal sources, the women will travel from all across > the country to share "war stories" and to discuss the possibility > of filing a class action lawsuit against President Bill Clinton. > > WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF John Podesta repeatedly ducked Tim > Russert's questons as to whether the president accepted Judge > Wright's ruling about his contemptuous and deceitful behavior > before her. The best he could come up with was this: "He's > accepted the responsibility for his actions, for this judgment. > He's going to pay the fine and, you know, we could spend all next > year talking about this, too, but I think it's better to focus on > the work of the American people and the job that the president's > doing for the American people to keep this economy strong and to > move forward." > > THE MEDIACRACY > > CBS On April 3, 1998, Dan Rather said: "Reports continue to > surface that this key witness for the prosecution, David Hale, > may have been secretly bankrolled by political activists widely > regarded as political opponents, people that Clinton supporters > call Republican haters from the far right." > > CBS in 1999 after an independent investigation found nothing > prosecutable had happened: No story. Same with others who > trumpeted the initial piece including Newsweek, CNN and Geraldo > Rivera. > > Y2K > > FINANCIAL POST, CANADA: The Boston Globe reported that Warner > Brothers cancelled plans for its Y2K disaster flick partly > because, as its producer described it, there was a lack of faith > in the ability of audiences to discern the difference between > fictional and real-world computer disruptions. In the movie, > Chris O'Donnell was to play a computer programmer who discovers a > Y2K-related bug that could render New York City security systems > vulnerable to terrorists. FINANCIAL POST http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?s2=columnists&s3=chevreau&f=990729/40192.html > > > LAND OF THE FREE > > WJC has rewritten his executive order on federalism after strong > protests from libertarians, state and local officials concerning > the initial document. TPR was virtually alone among the > progressive media in raising an alarm over this extraordinary > document that ran roughshod over at least two constitutional > amendments, essentially replacing them in the Bill of Rights with > the Rights of Bill. > > The new order admits what the old one wouldn't: > > > > "The people of the States created the national government and > delegated to it enumerated governmental powers. All other > sovereign powers, save those expressly prohibited the States by > the Constitution, are reserved to the States or to the people." > > "The constitutional relationship among sovereign governments, > State and national, is inherent in the very structure of the > Constitution and is formalized in and protected by the Tenth > Amendment to the Constitution. > > "The people of the States are free, subject only to restrictions > in the Constitution itself or in constitutionally authorized Acts > of Congress, to define the moral, political, and legal character > of their lives. > > "The Framers recognized that the States possess unique > authorities, qualities, and abilities to meet the needs of the > people and should function as laboratories of democracy. > > "The nature of our constitutional system encourages a healthy > diversity in the public policies adopted by the people of the > several States according to their own conditions, needs, and > desires. In the search for enlightened public policy, individual > States and communities are free to experiment with a variety of > approaches to public issues. One-size-fits-all approaches to > public policy problems can inhibit the creation of effective > solutions to those problems. > > "Acts of the national government -- whether legislative, > executive, or judicial in nature -- that exceed the enumerated > powers of that government under the Constitution violate the > principle of federalism established by the Framers." > > > > CLINTON ON FEDERALISM > > THE GOOD OLD DAYS > According to Edward Luttwak > In the LA Times > > "Blood has become the limiting factor on the conduct of war, not > arms or ammunition. Recent evidence not only from Somalia, which > we evacuated after 20 servicemen were killed, but also from the > 1991 Gulf War (when a full-scale U.S. Marine amphibious landing > was canceled at the last minute because of a few sea mines), > suggests that the United States does not differ from Russia or > indeed any other advanced society with 2.2 children per family or > less. > > "When the entire emotional capital of families is invested in one > or two children instead of the four or five or six of World War I > and World War II families, there are no expendable children whose > death in combat is ultimately acceptable. Once willing to accept > hundreds of casualties per day as the normal cost of warfare, > today's United States will accept very few, if any at all. > > "It is not just draft-dodging, weak-willed presidents who refuse > to tolerate the casualties of a deliberately started war, but the > entire political elite and society as a whole, including the > military, much as they might deny it." > > [Luttwak, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and > International Studies, is one of those peculiar Washington > creatures, the academic who sits in a well protected office > telling other people it is their duty to die. At the beginning of > the Clinton administration he also wrote a book which the New > York Times described as calling "for a mobilization of economic > assets in the same way we once mobilized the military to fight > wars. Consumer spending must give way to saving and the nurturing > of our productive industries. The support of technologically > advanced industries must be seen not just in terms of jobs or > higher standards of living, but as an instrument of state power." > Luttwak wasn't the first to think this way, however; Mussolini > beat him to it some decades earlier.] > > FIELD NOTES > > TALES FROM THE HELLMOUTH A site for high school students to share > tales of peer and administrator abuse in the public school > system. >From UnderNews http://prorev.com/indexa.htm A<>E<>R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your common sense." --Buddha + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, German Writer (1759-1805) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." 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