[CTRL] child abuse articles
-Caveat Lector- Beyond the Dutroux Affair - The reality of protected child abuse and snuff networks _http://www.pehi.eu/dutroux/Belgian_X_dossiers_of_the_Dutroux_affair.htm_ (http://www.pehi.eu/dutroux/Belgian_X_dossiers_of_the_Dutroux_affair.htm) The Darkest Secret - By revealing the painful story of her sexual abuse as a child, actress Teri Hatcher hopes to help other victims. By Teri Hatcher - Newsweek Oct. 8, 2007 issue I tell you this story with trepidation. But my fear is far outweighed by what I know is my obligation to help other victims of sexual abuse to not feel alone. To inspire other victims to realize that their lives do not have to be paralyzed by guilt and shame; they do not have to be defined by victimhood. And to convey to each and every damaged girl or woman that it is not her fault. Unfortunately, many, many girls are victims of sexual abuse. So even as we fight evil abroad, the evil of this abuse lives on in our neighborhoods. _http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21047603/site/newsweek/_ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21047603/site/newsweek/) _ Sex predators proliferating in cyberspace, experts say By Shirley Ragsdale - Register Religion Editor 9/30/07By several measures, the prevalence of online predators is increasing, despite the risk of being caught. _http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070930/NEWS/709 300330/1001/RSS01_ (http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070930/NEWS/709300330/1001/RSS01) Court hears about Sirois' mental state TheRecord.com - Local - Court hears about Sirois' mental state Dianne Wood - Record Staff - Kitchener The Kitchener man who admitted killing an elderly woman and her longtime boarder in 2004 practised Satanic rituals and saw demons, a hearing into his mental state at the time of the crime heard yesterday. Michael Sirois, 29, pleaded guilty last April to two counts of second-degree murder in the vicious stabbings of Verna Bast, 87, and Randy Penner, 47. The pair was killed on Feb. 20, 2004 in the Glasgow Street home that Bast, a devout Christian, had shared with Penner and another boarder, John Routley, for many years. Although Sirois has admitted to the murder, he hasn't yet been convicted. A hearing has begun in Superior Court to determine whether he should be held criminally responsibleThere will be testimony about a satanic bible found among Sirois' possessions, satanic writings found in his room and satanic rituals and ceremonies he performed, Gehl said. "You will hear a lot about Mr. Sirois' adherence to satanic beliefs,'' Gehl said. _http://news.therecord.com/printArticle/246604_ (http://news.therecord.com/printArticle/246604) ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: Bush's Global 'Dirty War'
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: "Consortiumnews.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: October 1, 2007 8:05:12 AM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bush's Global 'Dirty War' Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For years, there have been whispers in the U.S. intelligence community that George W. Bush has been transforming his "global war on terror" into an international "dirty war." But now two U.S. military investigations have revealed that the chain of command has approved rules of engagement that let elite American military units kill Iraqis and Afghanis on mere suspicion that they may be "enemy combatants." For the full story, go to http://www.consortiumnews.com. There are two easy ways you can help Consortiumnews.com continue to produce independent investigative journalism: If you buy a copy of our new book, "Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush," through the publisher's Web site, http://www.neckdeepbook.com, $5 per book will go to help pay the bills at Consortiumnews.com. Or you can help by making a tax-deductible donation either by credit card at the Web site or by sending a check to: Consortium for Independent Journalism (CIJ); 2200 Wilson Blvd.; Suite 102-231; Arlington, VA 22201. For donations of $100, we'll send you an autographed gift copy of Neck Deep in paperback; for donations of $150 or more, we'll send a gift copy of the hard-cover version. Thanks for your support. To remove yourself from this list, click here: http:// www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/consortiumnews/ unsubscribe.jsp?remove www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: HERSH: Not Learning from History (or Anything Else)
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: September 30, 2007 10:06:13 PM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: HERSH: Not Learning from History (or Anything Else) Seymour Hersh: You have to ask yourself: what possible interest did we have 40 years ago for going to war in Vietnam? You'd think that, in this country, with so many smart people, we couldn't possibly do the same dumb thing all over again. But no -- there's no learning curve [in America]. DER SPIEGEL: If the Iraq war does end up as a defeat for the U.S., will it leave as deep a wound as the Vietnam War did? Hersh: Much worse. Vietnam was a tactical mistake; this is strategic. How do you repair lasting damage to whole cultures? On the home front, though, we'll rationalize it away. We'll pretend it never happened. There's no learning curve [in America] -- in a couple of decades we'll be ready to fight another stupid war. See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. From: "Jim S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: September 30, 2007 9:34:40 PM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HERSH: "The President Has Accepted Ethnic Cleansing" Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."-- Alice Walker http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,508394,00.html INTERVIEW WITH INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST SEYMOUR HERSH -- "The President Has Accepted Ethnic Cleansing" September 28, 2007 [Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has consistently led the way in telling the story of what's really going on in Iraq and Iran. SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke to him about America's Hitler, Bush's Vietnam, and how the U.S. press failed the First Amendment. Seymour Hersh began his career as a police reporter. But since then, he has risen to become one of the most important investigative journalists in the history of American journalism. Hersh first made a name for himself in 1969 by uncovering the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War, for which he won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize. Hersh has worked for the New Yorker since 1992 and in 2004 was instrumental in uncovering the U.S. military's abuses of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Hersh was in Berlin this week to accept the Democracy Prize handed out by the political journal, "Blätter für Deutsche und Internationale Politik."] SPIEGEL ONLINE: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was just in New York (more...) for the United Nations General Assembly. Once again, he said that he is only interested in civilian nuclear power instead of atomic weapons. How much does the West really know about the nuclear program in Iran? Seymour Hersh: A lot. And it's been underestimated how much the International Atomic Energy Agency (I.A.E.A.) knows. If you follow what (I.A.E.A. head Mohamed) ElBaradei (more...) and the various reports have been saying, the Iranians have claimed to be enriching uranium to higher than a 4 percent purity, which is the amount you need to run a peaceful nuclear reactor. But the I.A.E.A.'s best guess is that they are at 3.67 percent or something. The Iranians are not even doing what they claim to be doing. The I.A.E.A. has been saying all along that they've been making progress but basically, Iran is nowhere. Of course, the U.S. and Israel are going to say you have to look at the worst case scenario, but there isn't enough evidence to justify a bombing raid. SPIEGEL ONLINE: Is this just another case of exaggerating the danger in preparation for an invasion like we saw in 2002 and 2003 prior to the Iraq War? Hersh: We have this wonderful capacity in America to Hitlerize people. We had Hitler and, since Hitler, we've had about 20 of them. Khrushchev and Mao and of course Stalin, and for a little while Gadhafi was our Hitler. And now we have this guy Ahmadinejad. The reality is, he's not nearly as powerful inside the country as we like to think he is. The Revolutionary Guards have direct control over the missile program and if there is a weapons program, they would be the ones running it. Not Ahmadinejad.] SPIEGEL ONLINE: Where does this feeling of urgency that the U.S. has with Iran come from? Hersh: Pressure from the White House. That's just their game. SPIEGEL ONLINE: What interest does the White House have in moving us to the brink with Tehran? Hersh: You have to ask yourself what interest we had 40 years ago for going to war in Vietnam. You'd think that in this country with so many smart people, that we can't possibly do the same dumb thing again. I have this theory in life that there is no learning. There is no learning curve. Everything is tabula rasa. Everybody has to discover things for themselves. SPIEGEL ONLINE: Even after Iraq? Aren't there strategic reasons for getting so deeply invo
[CTRL] Fwd: WTC7: First responder heard countdown to demolition on official's walkie-talkie
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: September 30, 2007 9:19:26 PM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: WTC7: First responder heard countdown to demolition on official's walkie-talkie Shocking New Revelations On 9/11 Ground Zero Cover-Up First responder heard WTC 7 demolition countdown, was warned to "shut up" when he reported secondary explosions Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet, September 28, 2007 http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/ september2007/280907_new_revelations.htm A 9/11 first responder has shed new light on how he heard a countdown before the demolition of Building 7, how he was told to "shut up" by superiors when he tried to report secondary explosions and why "vicious security" measures were enacted to prevent people from accessing certain areas of ground zero. Former Air Force Special Operations for Search and Rescue expert, Kevin McPadden traveled to ground zero completely of his own accord and spent the next four days searching through the rubble and nearby buildings for survivors. In a video interview with Alex Jones, McPadden describes the moments before the collapse of WTC 7. "When we saw the firemen pick up their equipment and start bustling back and forth they were getting ready to do something, we started asking questions," said McPadden. Despite numerous attempts to glean information from Red Cross officials, McPadden and other first responders were told nothing while one official, shortly after talking to firemen, held his hand over his radio and told them to "just sit tight" and "calm down" before admitting "they're thinking about bringing the building down." McPadden and his colleagues were miffed as to what the official meant by this statement, initially thinking the building next to them was possibly being brought down. "He took his hand off for the last three seconds of it - and you hear three, two, one," said McPadden, adding that the official then gave a heartfelt look and told the first responders, "just run for your life." McPadden got the impression that the Red Cross official had been ordered not to give the first responders a warning that the building was coming down. "And you heard - boom, boom, boom," said McPadden, describing the sound of bombs tearing down the building. McPadden explained that the reason Democracy Now host Amy Goodman and others were captured on video (watch above) running from the scene and reaching stationary onlookers as the building started to collapse is that they were able to hear the full countdown on the radio further own the street. Later in the interview, McPadden reveals how he witnessed up close steel beams from the twin towers that had been symmetrically cut at perfect angles as is shown in this image - a clear sign that explosives were used. McPadden said that officials were acting very suspiciously and subsequently prevented people from getting near the beams. He also highlighted the fact that "vicious security" was quickly set up around certain areas of ground zero and that people were barred from accessing certain areas for no reason and also had their cameras confiscated. When McPadden attempted to report that secondary explosions were heard by numerous people, he was harshly ordered to "shut up" and "don't repeat it" by superiors. He also talked to numerous firefighters who acknowledged that they also heard secondary explosions, but said that "Obviously somewhere in their command structure, they were told to shut up." See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: (2) Supreme Court Says, "Listen Up, Liberals: It's PAYBACK Time!"
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: September 30, 2007 8:53:00 PM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: (2) Supreme Court Says, "Listen Up, Liberals: It's PAYBACK Time!" Justices Begin Work on a Polarizing New Docket By LINDA GREENHOUSE New York Times, October 1, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/01/washington/01scotus.html? _r=1&ref=us&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 — The Supreme Court has so many polarizing cases on the docket for its new term that the deep ideological divisions that characterized the last term are all but certain to remain on display after justices reconvene on Monday. The conservative majority under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. drove the court to the right in a series of high-profile rulings during the term that ended in June. That performance, as well as a series of books and articles by and about justices, has placed the court in an unusually bright spotlight as the new term opens. The conservative bloc will not necessarily prevail in every important case. For example, the Bush administration is clearly on the defensive as the court prepares to hear a third-round challenge to policies governing those held as enemy combatants at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. But the conservative justices clearly have the upper hand in the all-important task of shaping the court’s docket, a process that in effect shapes the country’s immediate legal agenda. They demonstrated their power last week in accepting 19 new cases, an unusually large number, including an employer’s appeal in a racial discrimination case that could provide a vehicle for limiting remedies available under one of the country’s oldest civil rights laws. At issue in the latest Guantánamo case is whether Congress properly stripped the federal courts of jurisdiction to hear challenges brought by detainees. The justices had seemed willing to steer clear of the issue in April, when they declined to hear appeals from two groups of detainees. But the day after the term ended, they reversed course and agreed to hear the cases, an action without modern precedent. Because the reconsideration required the votes of five justices, instead of the four ordinarily needed to grant a case, the development strongly suggested that a majority of the court retains concerns about the current regime for determining and challenging the detainees’ designation as enemy combatants. The Bush administration lost two earlier rounds at the court, in 2004 and 2006. Among the new cases the justices granted last week was a challenge to a state law requiring voters to provide photo identification in order to cast a ballot, an issue that has divided legislators and judges along party lines throughout the country. Republicans generally stress the importance of preventing voter fraud, while Democrats view these increasingly popular measures as creating unwarranted barriers to voter access. Although the justices granted the case at the request of the Indiana Democratic Party and the American Civil Liberties Union, the action could well prove to be an example of “watch out what you wish for” if the result is to uphold the statute at issue and to encourage other states to follow Indiana’s lead. The justices also took up a highly visible death penalty case, a challenge to the particular lethal injection method that is used in most states. While the validity of capital punishment, or even of lethal injection, is not at stake, the case will require the justices to take a position on the current meaning of the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. It is far from clear whether a majority of the justices will read the Constitution as mandating one chemical formulation versus another. The discrimination case the justices granted on Tuesday, which has attracted almost no notice, could nonetheless produce an important shift in the court’s approach to interpreting statutes. The question is whether a law that bars racial discrimination in business dealings, including employment, also prohibits retaliation against those who complain about discrimination. Ordinarily, the court grants cases only to resolve conflicting interpretations in the lower courts. But in this instance, every federal appeals court to consider the issue has agreed that the statute does apply to retaliation. For the court to grant a case in the absence of a lower-court conflict — as it did in the case decided in June that invalidated voluntary integration plans in two public school systems — is often an indication that the case was added to the docket as a vehicle for advancing a particular agenda. The federal law at issue in the new case was originally part of the Reconstruction-era Civil Rights Act of 1866. Known now as Section 198
[CTRL] Fwd: America's Stalingrad: Neocons Desperate for War with Iran
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: September 30, 2007 9:04:42 PM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: America's Stalingrad: Neocons Desperate for War with Iran http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Podhoretz The son of a Jewish immigrant from the Central European region of Galicia, NORMAN PODHORETZ was born and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Podhoretz's family was leftist, with his elder sister joining a socialist youth movement. Podhoretz received bachelor's degrees from both Columbia University — where he studied under Lionel Trilling — and the Jewish Theological Seminary. He later received a BA with first-class honors and an MA from Cambridge University. Career Podhoretz served as Commentary magazine's editor-in-chief from 1960 (when he replaced Elliot E. Cohen) until his retirement in 1995. Podhoretz remains Commentary's editor-at-large. From 1981 to 1987, Podhoretz was an adviser to the U.S. Information Agency. From 1995 to 2003, he was a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2004, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. president can bestow on a civilian. Podhoretz is married to author Midge Decter**, and is the stepfather of Rachel Decter (Elliott Abrams' wife) and father of syndicated [neocon] columnist John Podhoretz. Podhoretz received the Guardian of Zion Award from Bar-Ilan University on May 24, 2007. He currently serves as a senior foreign policy advisor to Rudy Giuliani in his presidential campaign Midge Decter (born July 25, 1927 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is an American neoconservative journalist and author of various books, including: Always Right: Selected Writings of Midge Decter Rumsfeld : A Personal Portrait With Donald Rumsfeld, Decter is the former co-chair of the Committee for the Free World and one of the original drivers of the neo-conservative movement with her spouse, Norman Podhoretz. She is also a founder of the Independent Women's Forum, and was founding treasurer for the Northcote Parkinson Fund, founded and chaired by John Train. Ms. Decter started her career in journalism as the secretary to the then-editor of Commentary, Robert Warshow. She resigned during her first pregnancy. Among other positions, she was the executive editor of Harper's under Willie Morris, leaving the magazine in 1971. Her first job in publishing came as an editor at Basic Books. She is one of the signatories to Statement of Principles for the Project for the New American Century She is the mother of the conservative syndicated columnist John Podhoretz, the youngest of her four children, and the second by Norman Podhoretz. --- "godfather of the neo-con movement" http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Norman_Podhoretz The following comes from (and was adapted from) the March 9, 2003, Jim Lobe article "Family ties connect US right, Zionists": "As godfather of the [neo-con] movement, Irving Kristol played mentor to Norman Podhoretz, the long-time but now-retired editor of Commentary, the influential monthly publication of the American Jewish Committee (AJC). Originally identified with the anti-war left in the mid-1960s, Podhoretz converted to neo-conservatism late in the decade and transformed the magazine into a main source of neo-conservative writing, despite the overwhelming majority of the Jewish community itself rejecting those positions. "Podhoretz and his spouse, Midge Decter, a polemical powerhouse in her own right, created a formidable political team in the 1970s as they deserted the Democratic Party, and then, as leaders of the Committee on the Present Danger -- like (Project for the New American Century) PNAC a coalition of mainly Jewish, neo- conservatives and more traditional right-wing hawks like Defence Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld - helped lay the foreign-policy foundation for the rise of Ronald Reagan. After Reagan's victory, Decter and Rumsfeld co-chaired the international offshoot of the committee, called the Coalition for the Free World. "Podhoretz is the father of John Podhoretz, a columnist for the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post, who also acts as a ubiquitous booster of the hawks. And his son-in-law, Elliott Abrams, who held a number of controversial posts in Reagan's State Department and was eventually convicted in the Iran-Contra scandal for lying to Congress, now serves in George Walker Bush's National Security Council as his top Middle East adviser. "At Commentary, Podhoretz offered considerable space to such rising lights of the neo-conservative movement as future United Nations (UN) ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick (whose late husband Evron Kirkpatrick was a long-time collaborator of Irving Kristol); Richard Pipe
[CTRL] Fwd: Supreme Court Justice Says, "Listen Up, Liberal Scum: It's PAYBACK Time!"
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: September 30, 2007 8:31:08 PM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Supreme Court Justice Says, "Listen Up, Liberal Scum: It's PAYBACK Time!" Justice Thomas Lashes Out in Memoir Book Attacks Liberals and the Media, Breaks Near-Silence on Anita Hill About his Senate confirmation he says, "Oh, big whoop-dee-damn doo." By Robert Barnes, Michael A. Fletcher and Kevin Merida Washington Post, September 29, 2007; A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2007/09/29/ ST2007092900506.html?hpid=moreheadlines Justice Clarence Thomas settles scores in an angry and vivid forthcoming memoir, scathingly condemning the media, the Democratic senators who opposed his nomination to the Supreme Court, and the "mob" of liberal elites and activist groups that he says desecrated his life. "My Grandfather's Son," for which Thomas has received a reported $1.5 million, is a 289-page memoir of his life in rural Georgia, his reliance on religious faith and his rise to the high court. His book ends with the day he was sworn in and contains only fleeting mentions of his time on the bench. Thomas lovingly describes the iron-willed grandfather who raised him after his own father abandoned him as a toddler, praises the Roman Catholic Church for providing him with an education but criticizes it for not being as "adamant about ending racism then as it is about ending abortion now," and gives a detailed description of the confirmation hearings that electrified the nation in 1991 and the sexual harassment allegations by Anita Hill that he said destroyed his reputation. They are the most extensive comments Thomas has made about Hill since his confirmation. Though he has given numerous speeches since he has been on the court, he has rarely mentioned Hill or spoken in detail about the nomination fight. In the book, Thomas writes that Hill was the tool of liberal activist groups "obsessed" with abortion and outraged because he did not fit their idea of what an African American should believe. "The mob I now faced carried no ropes or guns," Thomas writes of his hearings. "Its weapons were smooth-tongued lies spoken into microphones and printed on the front pages of America's newspapers. . . . But it was a mob all the same, and its purpose -- to keep the black man in his place -- was unchanged." Thomas, 59, says in the foreword to the book, due to go on sale Monday, that he wrote it to "leave behind an accurate record of my own life as I remember it" rather than leave it to those "with careless hands or malicious hearts." He indicates he wrote it himself, with editing help from three others. It has been eagerly awaited, especially in the [neo]conservative community, which is playing an active role in promoting it. The Heritage Foundation, the Federalist Society and the National Center for Policy Analysis are sponsoring a six-city book tour, in which patrons will pay $30 to attend events in Thomas's honor. The normally media-shy justice has interviews booked on "60 Minutes" tomorrow night and ABC on Monday as well as a 90-minute interview with radio host Rush Limbaugh, also scheduled for Monday. The book's contents had been closely guarded before its publication date of Oct. 1, the first day of the Supreme Court's new term, but The Washington Post purchased a copy yesterday at an area bookstore, where it had been placed on display. Thomas writes of the hard lessons doled out by his grandfather, Myers Anderson, who raised him after his father abandoned the family and his mother was unable to care for her boys in Pin Point, Ga. "In every way that counts, I am my grandfather's son," Thomas writes, hence the title of the memoir. Thomas's depiction of his grandfather is of a man unsparingly tough. Anderson wouldn't let him play on sports teams or join the Cub Scouts. When Thomas informed the family that he was dropping out of the seminary, against the wishes of his grandfather, he learned, to his surprise, that Anderson had retreated to his garage and cried. Then his grandfather kicked him out of the house, telling him: "I'm finished helping you. You'll have to figure it out yourself. You'll probably end up like your no-good daddy or those other no-good Pinpoint Negroes." After graduating from Yale Law School in 1974, Thomas spent the summer in St. Louis studying for the bar exam, where he was once so pressed for money that he attempted to sell his blood at a blood bank. He was turned down because his pulse rate was too low. Throughout the book, Thomas describes himself as under siege -- variously from preening elites, light-skinned African Americans and critics who object to his conservative politics. Feeling under duress from civil rights leaders, and desponde
[CTRL] Fwd: Look Who's Talking
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: September 30, 2007 8:23:40 PM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Look Who's Talking Is that a NAZI "Iron Cross" hanging from the neck of this man/woman/ transexual/alien (move over, Ann Coulter!) with a Jewish surname and a Neocon Zionist agenda, speaking on behalf of (the "duly elected" government of) the American people? "I hate all Iranians," US aide tells MPs By SIMON WALTERS - 29th September 2007 http://www.progressivedailybeacon.com/more.php?id=1690 Britsh MPs visiting the Pentagon to discuss America's stance on Iran and Iraq were shocked to be told by one of President Bush's senior women officials: "I hate all Iranians." And she also accused Britain of "dismantling" the Anglo-US-led coalition in Iraq by pulling troops out of Basra too soon. The all-party group of MPs say Debra Cagan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Coalition Affairs to Defence Secretary Robert Gates, made the comments this month. Hard line: Debra Cagan stunned the MPs with her comments The six MPs were taken aback by the hardline approach of the Pentagon and in particular Ms Cagan, one of Mr Bush's foreign policy advisers. She made it clear that although the US had no plans to attack Iran, it did not rule out doing so if the Iranians ignored warnings not to develop a nuclear bomb. It was her tone when they met her on September 11 that shocked them most. The MPs say that at one point she said: "In any case, I hate all Iranians." Although it was an aside, it was not out of keeping with her general demeanour. "She seemed more keen on saying she didn't like Iranians than that the US had no plans to attack Iran," said one MP. "She did say there were no plans for an attack but the tone did not fit the words." Another MP said: "I formed the impression that some in America are looking for an excuse to attack Iran. It was very alarming." Tory Stuart Graham, who was on the ten-day trip, would not discuss Ms Cagan but said: "It was very sobering to hear from the horse's mouth how the US sees the situation." Ms Cagan, whose job involves keeping the coalition in Iraq together, criticised Britain for pulling out troops. "She said if we leave the south of Iraq, the Iranians will take it over," said one MP. Another said: "She is very forceful and some of my colleagues were intimidated by her muscular style." The MPs also saw Henry Worcester, Deputy Director of the Office of Iranian Affairs, who said he favoured talks with Iran. The Pentagon denied Ms Cagan said she "hated" Iranians. "She doesn't speak that way," said an official. But when The Mail on Sunday spoke to four of the six MPs, three confirmed privately that she made the remark and one declined to comment. The other two could not be contacted. See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
