From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #206 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Thursday, December 31 1998 Volume 02 : Number 206 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 98 21:48:47 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Taste Massage Tasting, tasting, one, two, three, tasting; This has been a taste, _only_ a taste..... Anyone at all receiving this drivel? Reply to list and to me both, thanks. Having some problems..... - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 01:20:45 EST From: Tsuma@aol.com Subject: Re: Taste Massage In a message dated 12/20/98 10:01:23 PM, roc@xpresso.seaslug.org writes: >Anyone at all receiving this drivel? Reply to list and to me both, thanks. >Having some problems..... > Loud and clear over here... Vanze Lum - - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Dec 98 23:15:33 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Re: Taste Massage On Dec 21, Tsuma@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 12/20/98 10:01:23 PM, roc@xpresso.seaslug.org writes: > >>Anyone at all receiving this drivel? Reply to list and to me both, thanks. >>Having some problems..... > >Loud and clear over here... Hmmmm, now it's working, strange..... - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 03:42:30 -0800 (PST) From: wbg Subject: Re: Taste Massage > > Tasting, tasting, one, two, three, tasting; > This has been a taste, _only_ a taste..... > > Anyone at all receiving this drivel? Reply to list and to me both, thanks. > Having some problems..... > Tastes fine to me ...... Brewster Has anybody else noticed how strangely (and newly) silent their "progressive" acquaintances are the last day or two? Hee, hee. - -- ************************************************************************* " Why is history important? Without history, many people have no idea how many of today's half-baked ideas have been tried, again and again - and have repeatedly led to disaster. Most of these ideas are not new. They are just being recycled with re-treaded rhetoric. " Thomas Sowell ************************************************************************* W. Brewster Gillett wbg@hevanet.com Portland, Oregon USA *********************************************************************** - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 08:14:49 -0800 From: "Harry E. Barnett" Subject: Re: Taste Massage - -----Original Message----- From: Bill Vance To: roc%xmission.com@lists.xmission.com Date: Sunday, December 20, 1998 11:58 PM Subject: Re: Taste Massage On Dec 21, Bill Vance wrote: >On Dec 21, Tsuma@aol.com wrote: > >>In a message dated 12/20/98 10:01:23 PM, roc@xpresso.seaslug.org writes: >> >>>Anyone at all receiving this drivel? Reply to list and to me both, thanks. >>>Having some problems..... >> >>Loud and clear over here... > >Hmmmm, now it's working, strange..... > May be working for you, but a reply I made 12/20 to "Re: Wag the Dog" didn't make it through, either. Must be disinformation bugs find the posts so tasty they eat them... Harry - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 98 13:26:20 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Fw: top1 Vote tally / Partisanship (fwd) On Dec 21, Kevin McGehee wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Another fact-based indictment of how Big Media chooses to report (distort) the news. Kevin McGehee Fairbanks/North Pole, AK mcgehee@mosquitonet.com http://www.mosquitonet.com/~mcgehee/ Heroism is individual; evil is collective. - -----Original Message----- From: The Old Hokie To: top1@lists.io.com Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 8:04 AM Subject: Re: top1 Vote tally / Partisanship The Old Hokie wrote: > >> >>Just out of curiosity (because I was supervising kids in the >>lab and missed most of it) does anyone have a source where I >>can find out the actual vote counts on all the articles of >>impeachment & a list of who crossed party lines? >> >> - - -Adina > >Thanks, Adina, for asking the question. As a result of it, >I did the research, and here's the result. > >199 of the 206 Democrats [96.6 %] voted straight 'no' on all >four articles of impeachment. 6, [2.9 %], either did not >vote on all of them, or voted 'yes' on one or more. One >[0.5 %] was not present, and did not vote at all. > >The only 'Independent' in the House voted 'no' on all four. > >Amongst the GOP, 144 [63.2 %] voted 'yes' to all four, >while 84 [36.8 %] voted 'no' on one or more. > >If you hadn't asked the question, and if I hadn't done the >research, I wouldn't have known just how 'partisan' the >Democrats had been, nor how relatively 'non-partisan' the >Republicans were. Thus your enquiry has been a real >service to us all. > >Those who voted other than a straight 'no' amongst the >Dems were: [N = no, Y = yes, NV = no vote] > >Miller - Calif NV - NV - NV - NV >Allen - Maine N - N - NV - NV >Taylor - Miss Y - Y - Y - Y >Hall - Texas Y - Y - Y - N >Stenholm - Texas Y - Y - Y - N >Goode - Virginia Y - Y - Y - N > >Republicans splitting their votes were: > >Dickey - Ark Y - N - Y - N >Shadegg - Ariz Y - Y - Y - N >Kolbe - Ariz Y - Y - Y - N >Riggs - Calif Y - Y - Y - N >Campbell - Calif Y - N - Y - N >Kim - Calif Y - N - N - N >Bilbray - Calif Y - Y - Y - N >McInnis - Colo Y - Y - Y - N >Hefley - Colo Y - Y - Y - N >Shays - Conn N - N - N - N >Johnson - Conn Y - Y - N - N >Castle - Del Y - N - N - N >Scarborough - Fla Y - N - Y - N >Goss - Fla Y - Y - Y - N >Foley - Fla Y - N - Y - N >Shaw - Fla Y - N - Y - N >Leach - Iowa Y - Y - N - N >Ganske - Iowa Y - Y - Y - N >Latham - Iowa Y - Y - Y - N >Porter - Ill Y - Y - Y - N >Weller - Ill Y - Y - Y - N >Fawell - Ill Y - Y - Y - N >Shimkus - Ill Y - Y - Y - N >McIntosh - Ind Y - Y - Y - N >Souder - Ind N - N - Y - N >Moran - Kans Y - Y - Y - N >Whitfield - Ky Y - Y - Y - N >Northrup - Ky Y - Y - Y - N >Rogers - Ky Y - Y - Y - N >Tauzin - La Y - Y - Y - N >McCrery - La Y - Y - Y - N >Gilchrest - Md Y - Y - Y - N >Ehrlich - Md Y - Y - Y - N >Morella - Md N - N - N - N >Upton - Mich Y - Y - Y - N >Ramstad - Minn Y - N - Y - N >Emerson - Mo Y - Y - Y - N >Hulshof - Mo Y - Y - Y - N >Parker - Miss Y - Y - Y - N >Hill - Montana Y - Y - Y - N >Burr - N C Y - N - Y - N >Bereuter - Nebr Y - Y - Y - N >Bass - N H Y - Y - Y - N >LoBiondo - N J Y - Y - Y - N >Saxton - N J Y - Y - Y - N >Franks - N J Y - Y - Y - N >Frelinghuysen - NJ Y - Y - Y - N >Ensign - Nev Y - N - Y - N >Gibbons - Nev Y - N - Y - Y >Lazio - N Y Y - N - Y - N >King - N Y N - N - N - N >Fossella - N Y Y - Y - Y - N >Kelly - N Y Y - N - Y - N >Gilman - N Y Y - N - Y - N >Boehlert - N Y Y - Y - N - N >McHugh - N Y Y - Y - N - N >Walsh - N Y Y - Y - Y - N >Quinn - N Y Y - Y - Y - N >Houghton - N Y N - N - N - N >Portman - Ohio Y - Y - Y - N >Gillmor - Ohio Y - Y - Y - N >Hobson - Ohio Y - N - Y - N >Kasich - Ohio Y - Y - Y - N >Pryce - Ohio Y - N - Y - N >Regula - Ohio Y - Y - N - N >Ney - Ohio Y - N - Y - N >LaTourette - Ohio Y - Y - Y - N >Largent - Okla Y - Y - Y - N >Weldon - Penna Y - Y - Y - N >Greenwood - Penna Y - N - Y - N >Shuster - Penna Y - N - Y - N >English - Penna Y - N - N - N >Sanford - S C Y - N - Y - Y >Graham - S C Y - N - Y - Y >Thune - S D Y - Y - Y - N >Jenkins - Tenn Y - Y - Y - N >Granger - Texas Y - Y - Y - N >Thornberry - Texas Y - Y - Y - N >Bonilla - Texas Y - Y - Y - N >Davis - Virginia Y - Y - Y - N >White - Wash Y - Y - Y - N >Nethercut - Wash Y - Y - Y - N >Klug - Wisc Y - N - Y - N >Petri - Wisc Y - Y - Y - N > The Old Hokie [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 98 13:27:04 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: How Santa knows... (fwd) On Dec 21, Rich Zellich wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Found on the net...forwarded without attribution by a friend (I know _he_ didn't write it): You'd better watch out, You'd better not cry, You'd better not pout; I'm telling you why. Santa Claus is tapping Your phone. He's bugging your room, He's reading your mail, He's keeping a file And running a tail. Santa Claus is tapping Your phone. He hears you in the bedroom, Surveills you out of doors, And if that doesn't get the goods, Then he'll use provocateurs. So--you mustn't assume That you are secure. On Christmas Eve He'll kick in your door. Santa Claus is tapping Your phone. [Supposedly written for and sung at a US Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel Christmas party] [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 19:58:39 -0600 From: linzellr@datastar.net (Robert Linzell) Subject: Fwd: LibertyNow News Update - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Some EXCELLENT links, esp. the one at WorldNet Daily about the Clinton scandals. This is one mail list I'm glad I joined! - - --Bob in Miss. State Motto: Virtute et Armis ("By Valor and Arms") =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> L i b e r t y N o w <=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Daily News Update =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To subscribe or unsubscribe to this and other lists, click to: http://www.free-market.net/features/lists/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> Bill filed opposing veggie libel law Source: San Antonio Express-News Country: United States Bad-mouthing Texas food products can land you in court =97 where you'l= l win. That's why state legislators are discussing dumping a law that stampedes over free speech. (12/21/98) URL: http://expressnews.com/pantheon/news-bus/business/1901dmcd.shtml = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> An action career with the IRS? Source: WorldNetDaily Country: United States The federal tax agency is recruiting strong-arm types for very special work. Wouldn't it be nice to get some of our people into the IRS while we can? (12/21/98) URL: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_exnews/19981221_xex_an_action_ca.sht= ml = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> Healey leads attack on Gulf policy Source: London Daily Telegraph Country: United Kingdom Our only partners in dumping explosives on Iraq are beginning to ask whether they did the wrong thing for the wrong reasons. (12/21/98) URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=3D000271261842766&rtmo=3D0GXJKGNq&atm= o=3Dggggg3qK &P4_FOLLOW_ON=3D/98/12/21/nirq21.html&pg=3D/et/98/12/21/nirq21.html = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> U.N. plans for global chaos: Bennett says no plans in U.= S. for martial law Source: WorldNetDaily Country: United States As the United Nations dickers over the Y2K issue, Sen. Robert Bennett denies that the U.S. will follow the Canadian example and plan = for martial law. (12/21/98) URL: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_exnews/19981221_xex_un_plans_glo.sht= ml = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> Film puts culture under pressure, says minister Source: South China Morning Post Country: India Indian government officials defend their resubmittal of a film depicting lesbianism to the censor board. (12/21/98) URL: http://www.scmp.com/news/template/Asia-Template.idc?artid=3D1998122102432= 0031&top =3Dasia&template=3DDefault.htx&maxfieldsize=3D1811 = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> DNA lab raises privacy concerns Source: AP in Boston Globe Country: United States New Hampshire authorities are adopting an increasingly popular law-enforcement toy: a DNA database. The prospect of "genetic dragnets" has some people uneasy. (12/21/98) URL: http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/355/DNA_lab_raises_privacy_conce= rns.sh tml = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> The real high crimes and misdemeanors Source: WorldNetDaily Author: Joseph Farah Country: United States At his trial, Clinton should be charged with his real crimes: misuse of the IRS, pawing through FBI files, and a variety of police-state tactics. (12/21/98) URL: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_btl/19981221_xcbtl_the_real_h.s= html = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> Social insecurity: poof! you can retire rich Source: New York Times Country: United States Martin Fedlstein has proposed a new idea for quasi-privatizing Social Security. It still leaves little room for personal choice. (12/21/98) URL: http://www.nytimes.com/library/review/122098socsec-review.html = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> Deregulation recharges an industry Source: Washington Post Country: United States The electricity industry has found new life in the promise of a free market. (12/21/98) URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-12/21/025l-122198-idx.ht= ml = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> Japan official wants deregulation = Source: AP in Waco Tribune-Herald Country: Japan Japan, once a showpiece of government-led economies, is looking to wide-ranging deregulation to spur entrepreneurial activity. (12/21/98) URL: http://www.accesswaco.com/shared-cgi/aponline/show_story.cgi?id=3Daponlin= e-menus- data/Financial.AP.V0136.AP-Japan-Trade-Chi.story&menu=3DFinancial.html = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> Smoking out cigarette thieves Source: MSNBC Country: United States High prices and half-way prohibition are spurring tobacco-related crime. Who would have guessed? (12/21/98) URL: http://www.msnbc.com/local/WSAZ/19407.asp = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> Washington's unnecessary Persian Gulf obsession Source: Cato Institute Author: Ted Galen Carpenter Country: United States Now that the bombings are over and have accomplished nothing, a foreign policy analyst calls for the U.S. to just let go of its unhealthy preoccupation with the Persian Gulf. (12/21/98) URL: http://www.cato.org/dailys/12-18-98.html = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D> Flynt to reveal naked truth about more lawmakers Source: The Salt Lake Tribune Country: United States Skin-mag publisher Larry Flynt promises to bare all about Republican dalliances in retaliation for Clinton's impeachment. (12/21/98) URL: http://www.sltrib.com/12211998/nation_w/68831.htm = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D/ End of News Update \=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Please forward and copy freely, but include the following message: LibertyNow is paid for by Members and Partners of Free-Market.Net and The Henry Hazlitt Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corp. http://www.free-market.net/ | http://www.hazlitt.org/ http://www.free-market.net/about/members.html http://www.free-market.net/about/partners.html =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.0 for non-commercial use Comment: Get public key from iQA/AwUBNn78xO0M/FuXc0xJEQJ4+gCgrOr2G/jrraosGW1KB8b/LExzuh4AnjrG d+ZsDx1h+kmlkNPM6BSQajBm =3D0PWY - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Dec 98 11:12:30 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: The three stages of man What are the three stages of man? 1. He believes in Santa Claus. 2. He doesn't believe in Santa Claus. 3. He _IS_ Santa Claus. :-) - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 12:17:13 -0500 From: Tom Cloyes Subject: Fwd: About Executive Order 13107 >Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 17:51:30 -0500 >From: E Pluribus Unum >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; U) >To: E Pluribus Unum Email Distribution Network >Subject: About Executive Order 13107 > >Source: WorldNetDaily >http://www.WorldNetDaily.com/bluesky_btl/19981223_xcbtl_executive_.shtml > >Executive Order 13107=20 > > From where do our rights descend? The Bill of Rights? > No. The Constitution? No. The Federal government? > No. The United Nations? Certainly not. > > But, apparently, that's what Bill Clinton thinks. For > earlier this month, Dec. 10 to be exact, he issued > another one of his infamous executive orders -- this time > on "the implementation of human rights treaties." In > Executive Order 13107, Clinton sets up a new federal > bureaucracy for the purpose of implementing U.N. > treaties, whether ratified by the U.S. Senate or not. And > that federal bureaucracy will implement the treaties on > the U.N.'s terms. > > Sound like a deal? It gets worse. > > Though President Clinton said he issued the order to > further his goal of promoting human rights around the > world, it's important to understand exactly how the > U.N. defines "human rights." > > That definition is offered in the Universal Declaration of > Human Rights, which talks about the right to freedom of > thought, conscience, religion, opinion, and expression. > All good stuff, until you realize whom the ultimate > authority is. Who is the sovereign that imparts such > blessings upon the populace of the world? > > The answer to that question is stated unequivocally in > article 29 of the U.N. document, which states: "These > rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised > contrary to the purposes and principles of the United > Nations." > > That pretty much explains who the "massa" is and where > the plantation boundaries end. What a stark contrast > between the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights, and the > founding documents of the United States of America. > The Declaration of Independence and Constitution both > make it clear that basic human rights are inalienable, > meaning they descend from the ultimate Sovereign, the > Creator, God. Therefore, no human authority, no > government, no criminal, no individual can abrogate or > abridge those rights. > > Remember, any right government can bestow upon a > people, it can just as easily take away. This is a > profound principle Americans have forgotten. The day > they accept the principle that rights descend from > government authority is the day they lose their freedoms. > It's as simple as that. > > In effect, that is what Executive Order 13107 decrees. > It's an attempt by Bill Clinton to persuade Americans > that human rights descend not from God but from > worldly government authorities -- with the ultimate > authority represented by the United Nations.=20 > > In other words, the U.N. believes people have the right > to dissent, unless it's a dissent against the United > Nations. It reminds me of the old Soviet model. There it > was even more bluntly stated: "There can be no place > for freedom of speech, press, and so on for the foes of > socialism." Basically, the U.N. has rewritten that maxim: > "There can be no place for freedom of speech, press, > and so on for the foes of the United Nations." > > The U.N. practices what it preaches, too. In Bosnia, the > U.N. forces have seized control of radio and TV > stations broadcasting pro-Serbian news and > propaganda. In fact, U.S. troops participated in those > raids. How does one justify such actions under the U.S. > Constitution, which explicitly recognizes the rights of all > people -- not just Americans -- to speak their minds > and express themselves freely? > > Welcome to the Brave New World of U.N. > doublespeak. And President Clinton is dragging the > U.S. deeper into this quagmire than has any other > president in history. > > Not only does Executive Order 13017 promote an > unworthy and dangerous goal, but the road to that > objective, namely the executive order itself the way Bill > Clinton has employed it, is a corrupt and > unconstitutional process. > > Executive orders are supposed to be a presidential tool > for running the executive branch of government. Clinton > has used them freely during his terms in office to make > policy affecting other branches of government, the > states, and individuals. Now, with 13017, he's > attempting to implement international treaties! Executive > orders were never intended to be used as imperial > orders.=20 > > Once again, though, the only people with the authority > to curb the misuse of executive orders are the members > of Congress, who have 30 days from the issuance of an > order to reject it by majority vote. Trouble is, they > seldom bother to read them. And the press seldom > bothers to cover them -- even when they represent > sweeping new interpretations of human rights and > compromises of U.S. national sovereignty. > > It's time for Congress not only to reject Executive Order > 13017, but also to review, in the context of the ongoing > impeachment process, all of President Clinton's more > than 200 executive orders. In both substance and in > intent, they represent one of the worst abuses of power > in an administration characterized by abuse of power.=20 > > =A9 1998 Western Journalism Center=20 >--=20 >****************************************************************** > E Pluribus Unum The Central Ohio Patriot Group =20 > P.O. Box 791 Eventline/Voicemail: (614) 823-8499 =20 > Grove City, OH 43123 =20 > > Meetings: Monday Evenings, 7:30pm, Ryan's Steakhouse =20 > 3635 W. Dublin-Granville Rd. (just East of Sawmill Rd.) =20 > =20 >http://www.infinet.com/~eplurib eplurib@infinet.com =20 >****************************************************************** >=20 - - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 98 12:14:48 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: In the Wilderness - 27 Dec 98 (fwd) On Dec 27, Kevin McGehee wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] IN THE WILDERNESS (c) 1998 KEVIN McGEHEE North Pole, Alaska mcgehee@mosquitonet.com http://www.mosquitonet.com/~mcgehee/ Permission granted to anyone wishing to forward, redistribute, or broadcast this article WITH FULL ATTRIBUTION. ================================================================ McTHOUGHT We live in a world where it is considered better to be nice than to be kind. The difference should be obvious if you think about it -- the trouble is that no one does. The truth is that some of the cruelest people in the world are also among the nicest. In the language of therapy, they're called "enablers." In contrast, much of life's greatest kindnesses are done without a smile; there was a phrase a few years back: "tough love." And all too often these days if you try to do a friend or loved one a necessary kindness, others will accuse you of being mean. We can't correct a child's unacceptable behavior because it's mean -- better to be cruel and let him grow up to be a criminal or a social outcast. We can't imprison a criminal because that's mean -- better to be cruel by exposing him to possible revenge while he's running around loose after his token (and utterly fake) show of contrition. It's mean, and therefore unacceptable, to remove people from their jobs after they've trampled the code of conduct implicit in the employment agreement -- better to be cruel and let them believe their untrustworthiness isn't a handicap in either their business or their social relationships. All of these reactions (they're unworthy of the name "opinions") are widespread, and that's a sign of why our civilization is in such dire straits. If people were to think things like this through, they would realize that these reactions are wrong; the trouble is that thinking is optional in the late 1990s. Just as many of our meals come to us without our having to cook them, too many of the "opinions" held by Americans today have been cooked up by others in a mass-production line, and handed over fully formed without the customer knowing anything about what's in them. The conventional "news" outlets that reach the most people -- those untextured, creamy smooth (and utterly indistinguishable from one another in any meaningful way) TV network news operations at ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN -- have long since metastasized into dispensers of fast-food opinion. McThought. And so similar are the results that we might as well refer to them all together as a single entity. Perhaps "Omnibus Broadcasting System" -- whenever I catch one of their newscasts I'm constantly shouting those initials... The standard OBS position on any issue is based on the idea that what Americans want more than anything, at least in matters of substance, is niceness. Substance is good, as long as you can't taste it, smell it, or feel lumps in it. Texture and flavor are for the mind candy the entertainment division offers during prime time -- especially the texture and flavor of sexual innuendo or, as is increasingly the case, out-uendo. The closest any television entertainment comes to discussing real substance is on a network I don't really include in the OBS conglomerate: Fox. Unfortunately for Fox, its entertainment "substance" is mind candy for conspiracy theorists. But at least they're not afraid, in either their entertainment division or the news operation, of suggestions that the government isn't 100% nice. If the OBS news division had a similar point of view, President What's-His-Name would have been gone months ago. In a day and age when people are utterly obsessed with nutrition for their bodies, they rot their brains with intellectual junk food and consider their minds well-fed. And it's not as if there were no alternatives! So here's my suggestion for a New Year's resolution: Enjoy life; indulge moderately in foods that are bad for you, as long as your diet overall is well-balanced. But swear off the mind candy completely. Restrict your intake to solid ideas -- stuff you can sink your mental teeth into. And spread the word. - -30- December 27, 1998 ================================================================ **Visit the IN THE WILDERNESS archives** http://www.mosquitonet.com/~mcgehee/advance.htm The views expressed herein are entirely those of the author(s), and do not reflect those of any person or group with whom the author(s) may be affiliated, unless explicitly labelled as doing so. [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 08:16:37 -0600 From: larry ball Subject: Sexual Harassment Guest Editorial from The 'Lectric Law Library This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------84EF59CCDE23A9EE85F777A1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://www.lectlaw.com/ge-sh.htm - --------------84EF59CCDE23A9EE85F777A1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; name="ge-sh.htm" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="ge-sh.htm" Content-Base: "http://www.lectlaw.com/ge-sh.htm" Content-Location: "http://www.lectlaw.com/ge-sh.htm" Sexual Harassment Guest Editorial from The 'Lectric Law Library
Guest Editorial on S*xual Harassment
By Bella Abzug, Gloria Steinem, Jill Ireland and Jane Fonda

Hi Folks, I'm Ralf R Rinkle, as you know the Library's Head Librarian, Legal Counsel, Name Partner (along with my idiot brother Randolph) in Rinkle and Rinkle PC, and, as this genuine unretouched photograph shows, the winner of the United Nation's Worldwide Commission for the Elimination Of S*xual Harassment Worldwide (TUNWCFTEOSHW) 1998 Anti-S*xual Harassment Person Of The Year Prize (TUNWCFTEOSHWASHPOTYP).



Genuine unretouched photograph of Ms. H. Bamawandnadpudawieana, TUNWCFTEOSHW Chairwoman
congratulating Ralf R. Rinkle, Esq. for winning the 1998 TUNWCFTEOSHWASHPOTYP.

Unfortunately, Bella, Gloria, Jill and Jane were called away on urgent business and asked me to write this guest editorial knowing that they could trust me to fairly represent, promote, promulgate and express their position.

A Blight On Our Society

As any sensitive human, man or woman, male or female, xx or xy chromosomed, penilely or vaginally endowed or disadvantaged, must realize, s*xual harassment is degrading to both its victim and perpetrator, a blight on our society and an infringement of every person's right to freedom, equality and to reach their full potential, free of discrimination, bias or prejudice. And it's against the law.

Lately, the issue has been raised to the forefront of our consciousness by the tawdry spectacle of s*x related allegations involving our President unfolding daily before our eyes. And while, if the allegations are proven true, appropriate punishment must follow, never forget that the presumption of innocence is a vital and essential element of our judicial system as well as a fundamental principle of truth, justice and the American way. Therefore, we must all to keep an open mind until all the facts are in, even regarding someone as definitely guilty and unable to keep his weenie in its bun as our President.

Crimes, Lies & Punishment

But we should also realize that the talk of impeachment arises from his alleged obvious lies, not from him attempting to do the horizontal belly-bump with anyone wearing a skirt - except, I hope, Scotchmen. And while I respect, honor and admire our low-life, draft-dodger burning, creepazoid President, if he indeed lied then we have no choice but to throw the bastard out. How can we meekly accept the preversion of all that is good and just or call ourselves Americans if we close our eyes to a President, or any elected official for that matter, saying anything untrue?

Holy Moly!! The idea of a politician telling a lie sends shivers up and down the spleen of every true American. We've never allowed it before, and if the adulation and high regard we have for our politicians is to be preserve, once the bastard's proven guilty we should not only impeach him but hang him from the Capital's flagpole by his harassing middle-leg as a reminder that if we allow one politician to lie, pretty soon others may be tempted to do the same. If we're to remain The Land Of The Free and The Home Of The Brave, Cubs, and Mets we must so act, if not for ourselves, then for our children and grandchildren. If not now, when? If not what, how?

Defending American Values

I sincerely thank the endless stream of intelligent, patriotic, right-wing American cretins parading through the talk shows for their unanimous support of my zero-tolerance lie position, but I must say that it's really starting to burn my butt when these self-proclaimed defenders of family and American values put down our fine President because of a little wayward wee-wee waving. What a bunch of hypnocrits! How the hell can they ignore the fact that, except for screwing-over minorities, there's nothing more American than s*xual harassment? You think that when the Mormons deserted the Mayflower they asked for written permission before raping all the Indians? Or that the slaves gleefully agreed beforehand to being impregnatized by Tommy Jefferson, Abe Lincoln and our other four fathers? Or that Betty Ross made that flag just for the hell of it?

Lets face it, without harassment most of us wouldn't even be born. I mean what woman in her right mind - except for maybe floozies, drug fiends, nymphomatics and liberals - would want to do that yucky, disgusting s*x stuff without being forced to? None that I've ever had s*x with - that's for damn certain! And I sure as hell know my mother wouldn't. Would yours?

God's Position On This Issue

And seeing these bible-bumpers all dumping on the only President we have for so called s*xual harassment when it's God's idea in the first place is revoltilizing! If God didn't want s*xual harassment then why did he make women so s*xy and small and easy to overpower and give them those neat things on their chests? And why'd he give men that thingie that gets hard (or so I'm told) and takes over our brain whenever we're around a woman of the female persuasion? Lets hear you answer those ones Jerry Falwell and Oral Robertson!!!

And while these self-proclaimed defenders of morality bitch and moan against s*x education by the government, how many of them have s*x with their kids so they can teach them the right way to do things? Probably less than half... that admit it at least. Geez!

And now they have the gall to insinuate our President has oral s*x! Listen, I admit that I'm an expert on s*x, and have thought about having some more times than I can count, so I know that regular s*x is how people make babies, and that anal s*x is how lawyers are created, but oral s*x?? Is that how you get rock and roll singers or where baby teeth come from or what? Give me a break! It's absurd and obviously something the damn President haters invented from cool cloth.

Other Important Questions

This whole matter raises lots of other questions too. Like why the hell are there all those damn interns swarming around the White House like cockroaches in a Harlem tenement? With all the taxes we pay they can't afford experienced doctors? Whose pocket's getting lined by this bushwah? Why is there so much illness there in the first place and what exact diseases are apparently running so rampant? And why don't you hear a word about this from the media? I wouldn't be surprised if that damn Cronkeit bastard's behind the whole damn thing.

And what about all the harassment women do to men? Shoot, half the time I innocently pinch some dolly's cute butt she'll attack me like a s*x-crazied maniac. And it's even worse when I unintentionally reach down some stacked broad's...

HEY! STOP IT! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? LET ME GO OR I'LL SUE YOUR DAMN BUTTS FROM HERE TO TAZMANIA AND BACK AGAIN!! I"M A FAMOUS LAWYER AND I SAID TO LEAVE ME ALONE. YOU BUNCH OF DAMN MORONS. YOU WORK FOR ME. I'M THE DAMN BOSS HERE AND IF YOU DON'T TAKE YOUR DAMN HANDS OFF ME THIS DAMN SECOND I'LL SLAP YOU WITH A DAMN WRIT OF HOMO ERECTUS SO FAST THAT...

Message From The Staff
Dear Patron,
Ummmmmm... Our beloved Head Librarian got a little carried away above, undoubtedly due to the pressure of his many philanthropic endeavors and heavy pro bono caseload. We sincerely apologize to you, as well as to Ms. Abzug, Steinem, Ireland & Fonda, and promise that we will correct this unfortunate incident as soon as humanly possible.

Thank you for your patience.

- --- The Library Staff ---

p.s. You should also be aware that we are investigating the possibility that the genuine unretouched photograph above may not be genuine or unretouched.

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