quick thoughts before I rush off

2001-09-11 Thread Michael Perelman
This morning's events will spell the end of much of our remaining civil liberties. I assume that Bush will get whatever spending he wants for a response. The U.S. has a record of lashing out at the wrong targets -- for example, the Sudan pharmaceutical plant. The left is probably in greater

Re: quick thoughts before I rush off

2001-09-11 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
This morning's events will spell the end of much of our remaining civil liberties. I assume that Bush will get whatever spending he wants for a response. The U.S. has a record of lashing out at the wrong targets -- for example, the Sudan pharmaceutical plant. The left is probably in greater

Re: quick thoughts before I rush off

2001-09-11 Thread Tom Walker
Michael Perelman wrote, This morning's events will spell the end of much of our remaining civil liberties. I assume that Bush will get whatever spending he wants for a response. The U.S. has a record of lashing out at the wrong targets -- for example, the Sudan pharmaceutical plant. This is

Re: quick thoughts before I rush off

2001-09-11 Thread Jim Devine
Michael Perelman wrote: This morning's events will spell the end of much of our remaining civil liberties. This is too alarmist for me, given my reading of the situation. I expect a further weakening of our civil liberties, but not the end. Andrew Hagen writes:As for civil liberties, sometimes

Re: Re: quick thoughts before I rush off

2001-09-11 Thread Stephen E Philion
I just heard a professor on NPR being interviewed proclaim that *if* indeed it is found that the Israel-Palestinian conflict is the source of this incident that opinion in the US will turn against the Palestinians. The possibility that the policy of giving Israel the green light in its repression

Re: Re: quick thoughts before I rush off

2001-09-11 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
For what it's worth, here in Columbus, Ohio, we are planning responses, in anticipation of U.S. bombings of some Arab nation, repressions of Arabs Arab-Americans in the USA, etc.: Thank you Yoshie. This is exactly the right response. The hatred and racist fear I hear all around me is almost