From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #284 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Sunday, September 26 1999 Volume 02 : Number 284 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 99 22:16:07 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Heads Up #153 (fwd) On Sep 25, Doug Fiedor wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Heads Up A Weekly View from the Foothills of Appalachia September 26, 1999 #153 by: Doug Fiedor fiedor19@eos.net - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Previous Editions at: http://www.uhuh.com/reports/headsup/list-hu.htm - --------------------------------------------------------------------- WHEN FORFEITURE IS APPROPRIATE Here comes another example of big government playing fast and loose with our money again. Actually, this time they say they gave it away in good faith. But then it got stolen. This was a significant chunk of change, too. The amount represents somewhere between eighty and ninety bucks for each and every taxpayer in the country. Maybe more, actually. Let's low-ball it, though, and say eighty bucks. So: Mr. And Mrs. Taxpayer of the United States, you have all been ripped off for somewhere around eighty bucks each by foreign criminals and they were so good at it you didn't even notice. That's because our federal government helped. They gave over $10-Billion to the International Monetary Fund to give to Russia. But the IMF is not very good at paying attention to where the money ends up, so things get a little fuzzy after that. Anyway, IMF gave Russia a total of about $20-Billion in international aid over the past few years -- about $10-Billion of which came from the U.S. Treasury. Our tax dollars, in other words. Partially because we sent liberals from the Ivy League universities over to "help" Russia become a Democracy, and partly because the organized crime group we now call the Russian Mafia controls almost as much over there as the government does, Russia is in economic chaos. Those money watchers (AKA: Finance ministers) representing the 182 nations that belong to the IMF and World Bank kept right on sending good money after bad, without demanding accountability or results. Now there are accusations in financial circles that the organizations "failed to stem the mounting corruption in the Russian economy," which has shrunk by 40 percent since the fall of communism. That's the $20-Billion understatement of the decade! Knowing that Boris Yeltsin was "in charge" (when sober) over there should have been a hint. Knowing that Al Gore was advising his buddy, former Russian Prime Minister Viktor Cherynomyrdin (KGB), for most of the last six years could have been yet another clue. House Banking Committee Chairman James Leach (R-Iowa) -- who supported IMF programs for Russia -- called the scam "the greatest example of kleptocratic governance in modern history." The only issue, he said, was whether U.S. bankers and international oversight officials were "unwittingly duped or willing facilitators." Facilitators, Jim, facilitators. And you guys in Congress gave each and every one of those bozos running IMF and World Bank immunity against prosecution for anything they do -- even the ones who are American citizens. Now there is zilch you can do about them. The IMF counters by saying it has no evidence that any of the $20 Billion it has lent Russia over the last decade has been pilfered. It's just that IMF sort of "lost track" of part of it. Specifically, $15-Billion. But, that is not a big problem at IMF. They still recommend that the next installment on the current $4.5-Billion package to Russia be released. Russia was supposed to pay off some of its debt with that IMF welfare money. Instead, Russia defaulted on its government bonds and devalued its currency. One would think that might have also been a hint to those in the international banking community. But, IMF and the World Bank people didn't seem to notice. So, where was the money found? Well, last week Reuters reported that the head of Interpol said the alleged Russian money-laundering scheme involved a New York bank and was the biggest rip-off the agency had come across so far. "What is complex in the Russian situation is that you seem to be dealing with corruption taking place at such high levels that the normal ways of cooperation you'd use are not necessarily the valid ones," said Interpol's British Secretary General Raymond Kendall. It appears that it was a group activity over there. That is, Russian mobsters, businessmen and government officials all cooperated to launder the $15- Billion out of the country and quietly deposit it into accounts at the Bank of New York. We know that because Russian government officials received it from IMF and deposited it into local banks. From there, it was a member of the Russian Mafia who most probably laundered it to the Bank of New York. We know that because, conveniently enough, the wife of a member of the Russian Mafia was the bank official at the Bank of New York in charge of administrating the accounts in which that $15-Billion was deposited. But, just before getting caught, she sent a lot of it back out of the country. Now, here's a thought: Recently, an American citizen was stopped in a traffic stop and found to have $15,000 in cash. Simply because the motorist had the money, the police stole it. Forfeiture, they call that scam. Well, here sits the Bank of New York laundering billions of dollars. If the money laundering and forfeiture laws applied equally to all, the American People would now own that bank and its officers would have been arrested. Obviously though, forfeiture and "Know your Customer" laws do not apply to those who launder millions and billions of dollars. Those laws are, as we see, but population control devices, used specifically to frighten American citizens into genuflecting before the temple of big government. POLITICAL SPEECH IS PROTECTED The First Amendment should be rather clear to all: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." That means two things to our personal liberty: Congress may do nothing to favor one religion over any other -- all 1,500 religions in the United States are to be equal under the law, and free to practice as they wish. And, Congress may not regulate our speech or how we express ourselves. The States can, depending on your State Constitution, but Congress may not. And, Congress is the only federal branch of government authorized by the Constitution to make law. Yet, in a display of total disrespect for the Constitution, Congress then went forth and passed a whole series of laws concerning religion, speech, assembly and how we shall be allowed to (or not) present grievances. Most interesting, at the moment, are two bills that effectively trash speech, assembly and the redress of grievances in one whack. Worse, they would regulate political speech -- our ability to publicly criticize the actions of politicians. According to the United State Supreme Court, political speech is the most protected of all speech. That is, citizens are free to display political signs as they wish, write either signed or anonymous texts for or against candidates or legislation and peacefully assemble with like minded people to propose and plan political action. Now comes the Shays-Meehan bill in the House and the somewhat similar McCain-Feingold bill in the Senate. Generally speaking, both would make it illegal for a citizen to spend a buck or two to influence the outcome of a federal election in the 60-day period prior to an election. In other words, the bills are designed to stifle the political speech of grassroots advocacy groups. The intent is to regulate and mandate the speech of any person or any group spending nearly any amount of money to get out their political message with a ton of regulatory red tape. And, if not obeyed, there is a threat of imprisonment, fines and/or forfeiture of property. All statists want to limit dissent, of course. They gain power by limiting the ability of the people speak and express contrary ideas. So, it's no surprise that these new campaign finance bills directly limit most any form of expression that requires money to support it. And, by the way, this will also include web sites that profess a certain political point of view. Just about anything a voter or citizen's group can do to influence the outcome of a federal election in the 60-days prior to an election would be banned. Elected officials will have all of that regulated money -- campaign funds -- to broadcast their views to the nation. But, "We the People" may have to keep our opinions to ourselves. Our personal money is to be called "independent expenditures" or "advocacy" advertising and will be strictly regulated. That is, "independent expenditure" is "an expenditure by a person expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate that is not provided in coordination with a candidate." Any expenditure. The liberal media outlets get a free pass in this, though. There is an exception in Sec. 201 of the McCain-Feingold bill for "communications appearing in a news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities of any broadcasting station, unless such facilities are owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or candidate." We suggest, therefore, that every group throughout the country immediately develop a history of publishing periodic newsletters and pamphlets -- and whatever else they can afford -- before this campaign finance atrocity is passed. That is, become an established publisher of political commentary so as to get grandfathered in as a legitimate news source. Surely, the Supreme Court will throw out any stupid laws limiting political speech by the people. But the cold hard fact of life in these United States is that many people could get arrested, convicted, fined and/or imprisoned before the case ever gets to the Supreme Court. So, we will all need to be protected in the interim as already established news publications. We are woefully in need of strong campaign finance laws -- with penalties that impact directly on candidates. And that is simple to arrange. Candidates should be restricted to accepting campaign funds only from registered voters in their respective districts, and from no other source. And even that should be capped at a maximum of $2,000 or less per individual registered voter. Else, it's business as usual in Washington and the graft will continue. The only ones they plan to freeze out of the equation are those of us who would criticize. SOME POLITICAL POINTS TO PONDER Wonders never cease! I turned on the radio last Tuesday afternoon and there was Rush Limbaugh talking with Pat Buchanan. Except, they weren't exactly "talking," they were in fact "debating" the political issues of the day. Yeah. The Rushmeister debating the fiery conservative star of Crossfire and perennial presidential candidate Pat Buchanan. On conservative issues, too -- and there wasn't a stinken liberal sound in the hour. It don't get no better than that, folks! No matter what you may have felt about what was said, it simply does not get any better than that for a political debate. Both stated their arguments clearly and defended their ground with debating expertise and an obvious knowledge of the topics discussed. Both made excellent points and sounded like they may have been converting the other on minor issues from time to time. Both debated with respect, honor and friendship for the other. And then the hour was up. Such a damn shame, too! We seldom hear discussions like that broadcast anymore without liberals butting in with their steady stream of inappropriate and snide remarks. So here's a thought we might all put forward to the man behind the EIB Golden Microphone: Have at them all, Rush. Debate each of them exactly the way you did with Pat Buchanan: Fair, friendly and firm. There are good and bad points, consistencies and inconsistencies, strong points and faults, in each of the Republican campaigns. These points are best debated and discussed with a good conservative commentator, rather than some sniveling liberal wanting more to play "gottcha" with a Republican candidate than allow interesting facts to come out. And, who better for that task than Rush Limbaugh? Rush has the knowledge, the gift of gab and the ready made audience of interested listeners. There's a great fit there. Fair, friendly and firm. That's where it's at in a truly informative debate. That's how Rush was with Buchanan and that is how he should be with all Republican candidates. But, there was yet another little point that came out in the great Rush-Pat debate: That is the mention of James P. (Jimmy Junior) Hoffa being considered as a candidate for Pat's running mate. Most people associate the name Jimmy Hoffa with organized crime, and it is true that he was a man to be feared when I was a kid. Some of us still remember that Hoffa appearing before the Senate labor-rackets committee back in 1957. We also remember how corrupt the Teamsters Union was back then and that Hoffa went to prison for (some of) his sins. But that was James R. Hoffa, and that was a greatly different time. Today it's James P. "Jimmy" Hoffa as President of the Teamsters Union. And Jimmy Junior is a world of different from Jimmy Senior. Being the same age, from somewhat the same neighborhood, having basically the same interests, and having attended the same school system, we had occasion to bump into each other from time to time over the years. Jimmy (Junior) Hoffa graduated from Detroit's Cooley High School as a member of the National Honor Society and was an All-City and All-State football player. From there, he attended Michigan State University, where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Economics. He even played football under the old MSU coach Duffy Daugherty. Anyway, from there he went to the University of Michigan Law School where he graduated with a LLB degree. After that, he did a bit of aide work for the Michigan State Senate -- constituent relations and research, they say. From there, he began a law practice. Later came involvement with the Teamsters Union, of which he is now President. Truthfully, I do not know what I think of the possibility of Jimmy Hoffa becoming Vice President of the United States. But, in fairness, I think I would be a bad person to ask. Two important points should be made, though: Unlike his father, Jimmy Junior is not a Democrat. Also, if there were more Republicans in Congress as conservative as James P. Hoffa, we would have a lot less stupid laws to worry about. THE LONE HORSEMAN OF THE COMMONWEALTH By: Craig M. Brown RRZH67B@prodigy.com His white Stetson framed against a blue gray September sky, Gatewood Galbraith rides again. Riding on the wings of grass roots support, his enemies are corruption, cronyism, big government and rising taxes. "Gatewood for the people" is the cry throughout Kentucky, as Galbraith gains support in his race for Governor, running against the odds to unseat a corrupt administration. Weeks ago, skeptics said Gatewood didn't have a chance. Now their minds are changing as working men and women who have been betrayed by broken promises from the incumbent Governor are lining up behind Galbraith. He is running as the Reform party candidate, but Republicans as well as Democrats, all longing for a change, see Galbraith as the man to clean out the stables of fat cat special interests in the state capitol. Galbraith is riding virtually alone, with no PAC money and contributions from large corporate interests. When elected, he will be indebted to no one but the thousands of small contributors who ask for nothing more than an honest government. Gatewood's message to the people is written in the words of the United States Constitution, with the emphasis on separation of powers and the Tenth Amendment. Gatewood believes in liberty -- our own personal freedom -- and the values that made this country great. In the next few weeks before the election, Gatewood anticipates an aggressive, vicious attack from the incumbent Governor, desperate to hold his power in the state capitol. The Governor, with his bankroll bulging with special interest money, is certain to fill the airwaves with attacks on Galbraith, his ideas and his vision for the Commonwealth. But it's hard to kill an idea that floats from town to town and door to door. Already the Internet and small town newspapers are crackling with the news that Gatewood is gaining, and in some cases has passed the incumbent. The grassroots are growing louder and will soon reach a crescendo. The nation should be watching this race. The "miracle" that occurred in Minnesota is likely to be repeated in Kentucky. The message is if the Republicans are going to abandon the principles of conservatism that they embraced during the Reagan era, then the Jesse Venturas and Gatewood Galbraiths of the nation are going to pick them up. See for yourself what Gatewood Galbraith and his running mate, Kathy Lyons stand for. Take a look at their web site at: http://www.gatewoodkathy99.com ~ End ~ [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- 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: Sun, 26 Sep 99 07:30:24 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: [richslick] S L I C K Year 4, No. 43 (fwd) On Sep 26, RichSlick@aol.com wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] =A9 1999 Rich Martin Permission to repost in full, or in part, is granted. You are encouraged to pass this message on to anyone=20 who might be interested in its contents. Better yet, print a=20 copy for a friend who is not on-line. Any and all comments=20 on the subject matter are always welcome. Do NOT use your reply button. Send them to: Slick-D@egroups.com=20 Check out the Archives.=20 =20 S L I C K E-ZINE=20 waco-group archives=20 From the Desk of Rich Martin P O Box 531918 972/263-6631 Grand Prairie, TX 75053 RichSlick@aol.com "The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be=20 needed until they try to take it." -- Thomas Jefferson _______________________________________________=20 =20 Happy Birthday Kerry, 1999 So Congress is in a quandary whether to allow HMO's to=20 be sued by their patients (customers). Other questions=20 confounding Congress are: should police be forced to get a=20 court order or a warrant before seizing medical records;=20 should the fedl law replace stricter state laws; should a=20 limit be placed on damages when health records are released=20 improperly, and do they need to prove they were released on=20 purpose. This is a no-brainer. (Tell me, can you be sued if=20 you cause an auto accident, if you didn't crash on purpose?)=20 All questions they are seeking answers can be found=20 written plainly and succinctly in the Bill of Rights from=20 which Congress powers derive/are limited. Senate Health,=20 Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman, Sen=20 Jeffords (VT), has written the bill to compromise these once=20 cherrished rights. Privacy=20 Concerns Electronic Newsletter=20 On an unrelated subject, if Congress would like to=20 improve health services and cut costs for same, they should=20 remove the cap on the number of citizens allowed to become=20 doctors each year. Rangers could clinch the West Division today. I'm=20 looking forward to an I-45 series with Jeff Bagwell and the=20 Astros, aren't you? The only thing [owner] Tom Hicks and the=20 Rangers can't figure out is: how come attendance is down=20 400,000 despite leading their division for most of the year.=20 Well, maybe not. The Rangers just announced they are going=20 to forego next years scheduled ticket increases.=20 How Slick is Slick?=20 Clinton exercised his long-awaited veto of the GOP tax=20 bill saying that it would not protect Social Security.=20 Meanwhile, on another page of the newspaper, I read that=20 among the assistance the feds awarded the 14,129 Kosovo=20 refugees living in America, was $500/month in Supplemental=20 Security Income (SSI), paid from the FICA fund! TOBACCO SUIT Clinton has asked Congress to send $120 mil of our money=20 to Justice to pursue their case vs the tobacco industry. If=20 what they truly want is money to fund smoke-related=20 illnesses, or to re-imburse tax payers as they proclaim to=20 justify their suit, why not just raise the fedl tax on a pack of=20 cigs by a buck or two, and save the $120 mil to repay the=20 FICA "loan"?=20 BIG GOVT WANTS TO GET BIGGER President Clinton wants a billion dollars to acquire=20 more than 100 new parks in 40 states and territories, and he=20 will brook no dissent. Anyone who disagrees with the plan is=20 a threat to the environment, he says, and anyone who wants=20 to cut taxes is one of the biggest. ... But this controversy=20 is more than a routine budget fight. The fact is that one=20 could hardly do more damage to the environment than to put=20 more of it in government hands. The national park system=20 doesn't have the resources to manage what it has now. Why=20 give it even more to mismanage?=20 Washington Times Weekly editorial, 9/5/99 GOP TAX CUT We know the GOP hasn't the guts to confront Clinton,=20 but if they had a brain among them, they would pass a law=20 eliminating the Marriage Penalty Tax retroactive to Jan 1,=20 and dare the president to veto it. Taxing couples thousands=20 of dollars because they choose to live together with the=20 benefit of a marriage license, while exempting couples=20 "living in sin", doesn't make sense any more than making a=20 loophole that can only be taken by d-i-v-o-r-c-e. The law=20 should be repealed on Democratic grounds that it just isn't=20 "fair", and by Republicans because it is totally "immoral"=20 and repugnant to America's traditional family values.=20 HIDDEN TAXES As if there weren't enough hidden taxes on our telephone=20 bills, they just went up again. We got our quarterly beeper=20 bill (no out going calls on a beeper, you know). The tax=20 went up from $4.91 to $6.32, 28.7%!=20 WORLD TRAVELER Bill Clinton has spent 186 days out of the country so=20 far, not nearly enough. He also spent over 100 days last year attending fund raisers. WACO Shunned=20 Waco documentary now sees light=20 rem= ember=20 the Move =20 COVER UP OF THE COVER UP Sen John Danforth is going to use Postal Inspectors to=20 investigate the FIB, Delta Force and the infamous BATF, all=20 supported by the biggest govt propagandists (fondly known as=20 WH spinmeisters) the earth has ever known. His odds of=20 success vs this group are lot less than 0.01% of what=20 Koresh's were vs the same foes. Want to bet they've got his=20 raw FIB file? STOCK MARKET This week, when the stock market fell, those guys in the=20 rose colored glasses encouraging us to buy stocks sang a new=20 mantra: Bill Gates lost $5 bil of his $89 Bil. That's=20 supposed to make us feel good, I guess. (See Slick 42.)=20 GENOCIDE The last of the Serbs still living in Kosovo have said=20 they will take up arms to protect themselves from the U.N. financed ethnic cleansing campaign. LETTER TO THE EDITOR "Would gun control supporters explain to me how making=20 potential victims helpless will make them safer?" Kip Allen, Palm Springs - Los Angeles Times 9-24-99, page B8 TRADE DEFICIT $25.18 billion. That's 5 times more than Bill Gates lost=20 last week. It is the new one-month (July) record for largest=20 trade deficit in history. Japan & China ran for the biggest=20 profit at our expense. =20 Did=20 Someone in Washington Make a Deal With China? =20 ECONOMY =20 Pat Buchanan had this one right. After you get thru all=20 the propaganda how this is the best economy of all time,=20 what's left is the de-industrialization of this once great=20 nation. Followed to it's logical conclusion, we'll end up=20 supporting ourselves with money from the service industries,=20 private and public. Anybody think it is possible to survive=20 by waiting on each other and collecting taxes for it? MONOPOLIES The Justice Dept is making noises like it is going to=20 slow up the re-union of John D Rockefeller's former Standard=20 Oil subsidiaries, Exxon & Mobile. I'd feel a lot better=20 about that if I didn't know Ark Gov Rockefeller ran the=20 state when Clinton worked for Sen Fulbright. I suspect he is=20 still working for the Rockefellers. Does that sound too conspiracal? BRADLEY Bill Bradley sez he tried marijuana but not cocaine.=20 Sounds like he's pandering to the Clinton "I did not inhale"=20 constituency. JOBS 272,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits last=20 week, the fewest in 25 yrs. Must be a story behind those=20 numbers. I wonder what it is. How 'bout one factor being,=20 25 yrs ago it was easier to get a job "under-the-table"=20 while you collected unemployment benefits?=20 INFRASTRUCTURE Like most major cities, we have a major highway=20 construction program. Dallas has several, but this weeks=20 news is, the 9-year, $450 mil upgrade of I-35 will be=20 completed in Dec, ahead of schedule, and near budget. NASA Speaking of infra-structure, our Mars spacecraft that=20 NASA just reported MIA cost taxpayers $120M. Sometimes it=20 just doesn't pay to cut corners.=20 EDUCATION Every Texas public school teacher was given a $3,500 pay raise at the beginning of the semester. Grand Prairie=20 educators were given an addl $3,000 whether they had a=20 teaching certificate or not, on one condition. They must=20 speak fluent Tex-Mex. With all the extra pay, our teachers=20 will be smarter and I expect our SAT scores to soar next=20 year, don't you? And we owe it all to the smokers of=20 Texas, who will never be re-imbused after paying for=20 smoking-related illnesses. WEDGWOOD BAPTIST All video films of the shooting at Wedgwood have been=20 returned to the families. One of the picture takers who=20 didn't realize the attack was real, had his camcorder on=20 Larry Ashbrook, when the bullet(s) entered his body. It is=20 reported that the families destroyed the videos. Think any=20 dupes were made before the families copies were returned? HATE CRIMES The media sure got upset reporting how Texas didn't have=20 a hate crime law to prosecute the perps at Jasper. Fri, a=20 Texas jury condemned Lawrence Brewer, the 2nd of 3, to=20 death. What more could they want? How many times do they=20 want them killed? Mr. Shawn Elliot Berry will complete the=20 hat trick when his date with the needle is set. I guess=20 that's the last we hear from the media, until they protest=20 their eventual executions.=20 JUSTICE - OREGON STYLE I don't know if Oregon has a hate crime law, but Kip=20 Kinkel has pled guilty to killing his parents and 2 school=20 chums in Oregon. Despite the fact that he killed 3 more=20 people than the above trio, he can be a free man at age 42.=20 Now, if anyone wants to complain about weak laws, send your=20 complaint to the Gov of Oregon. Kip's crimes were 4 times=20 worse than the Jasper killing. (By the way, did you know=20 that it wasn't a random murder? James Byrd knew the guys now=20 on death row as fellow inmates? It's not pc to point that=20 out, you know.)=20 KATHIE'S KORNER How much of your daily routine is NOT regulated by the=20 government? You cannot name much, I'll wager. Your food is=20 regulated right down to the size of your bread loaf. Your=20 air and water are regulated, your transportation, your kids'=20 education, your home, your clothing. I wish I could offer a=20 prize to anyone who could come up with a list of 10=20 unregulated activities. I can think of five. 1. Reading, 2.=20 thinking, 3. smiling, 4. singing (the way I sing, it should=20 be a crime, but it isn't), and 5. praying. I engage myself=20 in these as often as possible, and I look forward to your=20 additions to the list. Pray and smile and sing for=20 America... while you still can. Reply to: fishrap@netdex.com REMEMBER THE GOOD OLE DAYS... when the USPS delivered mail twice a day, morning and=20 afternoon, to all residences. when penny post cards were. when it cost 2 cents to mail a letter, unless you sealed it.=20 Then you had to pay 3 cents. when everyone sent Christmas cards. when you could sit in the bleachers for one hr at minimum wage, the unreserved grandstand for 2 hrs, and the reserved=20 grandstand for 3 hours at minimum wage. Box seats cost=20 $4.50, equal to 6 hrs at the minimum wage. TEXAS JUSTICE When accused [wife] killer Patrick Richardson made bail,=20 $30,000, the Dallas prosecutors went to court and had it=20 raised to a million WITH a 24-hr hold, to allow them to=20 raise it further, if need be. He can expect to spend 15 to=20 18 mos behind bars waiting for his Constitutional right to a=20 speedy trial.=20 TEXAS COPS Outgoing Police Chief Click just triple demoted the=20 Dallas PD No. 3 man, Willard Rollins, over a fender bender=20 he didn't report, and assigned him jail night duty. But the=20 real stories are: 1) Rollins escaped any judicial punish- ment, and 2) as a captain he'll receive $20 - 30K less a=20 year. I guess cops can't claim they are underpaid any more.=20 BLONDE JOKES Hear any good Blondie jokes lately? Best of the lot will=20 be published in Blondie's 2YK calendar. Send your jokes to=20 BlondieJokes@egroups.com=20 To read same, send blank e-mail to BlondieJokes-subscribe@egroups.com=20 THIS SPACE FOR RENT Reliable Internet Access for only $14.95 a month. Over 550 access numbers in 21 States and growing. 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[------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- 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: Sun, 26 Sep 99 12:57:27 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Mad Max (fwd) On Sep 26, Terry A. Hurlbut, III, MD wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Everyone: This morning (Sunday, September 26, 1999), at 11:30 a.m., the television station WHYY-TV, the Delaware Valley affiliate of the Public Broadcasting Service, aired one of its regular offerings, Tony Brown's Journal. For this segment, Mr. Brown had as his guest one Tyrone Powers, PhD, who was once, and not so very long ago either, Special Agent Powers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Have a look at his background: a PhD in criminal justice, he has been with the FBI through all the recent Incidents which have of late caused many of us, including me, to question its reputation for integrity. He left the FBI after, among other reasons, some of his own colleagues raided the house of an elderly relative, who suffered a stroke on the strength of it. Mr. Brown began his segment by discussing individual civilian preparations for the Year Two Thousand problem, or Y2K for short. He stated that blacks are actually ahead of whites in the preparations they are making--though some might question whether they are prepared enough, even at that. And then he introduced Dr. Powers, who dropped a few--for lack of a better word--bombshells. The big one is that the FBI, the CIA, Naval Intelligence, and a host of other intelligence agencies are laying plans for mass arrests and forced relocations of inner-city residents, mainly black, should a Fall of Rome scenario (which they prefer to name "Mad Max," after the character in the series of post-nuclear horror films made by actor Mel Gibson) ensue. Apparently, their idea of the Fall of Rome would be that the power would go off and not return for half a year, or even throughout the entire year 2000. This would cause the blacks to start looting the local stores and/or rioting--for food and God knows what else--which in turn would "necessitate" a declaration of martial law by the President, the ratification of that state of martial law by Congress, and then the arrests of a whole bunch of people and their detention elsewhere. What is actually more chilling than that, is that Dr. Powers further alleges that the FBI's famous Counter-Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) was never disbanded; its various pieces just got different names. Which means that the FBI has placed _agents provocateurs_ in the inner city. You can guess the type--the sort of "bro's" (and, for that matter, "hermanos") who would be all for talking about "big guns" and "action" (also spelled "accion"). Which means in turn that the FBI _wants_ riots and looting in the inner cities, just so they can round up a whole bunch of people and ship them away. Probably they look at it the same way as a doctor lancing a boil on someone's skin. Now the trouble with a forum like Tony Brown's Journal is that whites not of Hispanic origin will likely dismiss Tony Brown as "that black activist who wants to keep de goodies flowin' at whitey/gringo's expense"--and, as a larger problem, they will dismiss blacks' concerns, and Hispanics' concerns, about _provokatsiya_, mass arrests and all the rest of it, as something apart from whites' concerns. I dare say that plenty of my fellow whites would just _love_ to see a bunch of blacks and Hispanics shoved into open-bed trucks and trundled off to concentration camps, or something of that nature. I know, because when I was growing up during the turbulent Sixties, I felt exactly that way myself, seeing as I did a sea of angry faces belonging to persons not of my own race, who (a) wanted the Communists to win, not just in Viet Nam but here, too, and (b) would just as soon shoot me as look at me, just because _I_ was white and they were not. Well, Sun Tzu say, "Divide and conquer." More recently, a certain German said, "They came for the [fill-in-the-blank]s, but because I am not a [fill-in-the-blank] I did not speak up. Then they came for me, and by then there wasn't anyone left to speak up." And if that wasn't enough to make me think--_hard_--about certain people's attempts to drive wedges in this country in order to win votes--or to justify the unjustifiable when it comes to deadly force under cover of authority--then I can now cite the Ruby Ridge and Waco Incidents. Which--this may interest you to know--Tony Brown himself did. Specifically, Dr. Powers revealed that the Hostage Rescue Team is really the FBI's shock troops, and are only _called_ the Hostage Rescue Team as a euphemism. And Mr. Brown, for his part, definitely mentioned the presence of Delta Force at Waco--"They say they were there only as advisers, but we don't really know." (How amazing, that Tony Brown, who carries with him the reputation of being an antiwhite rabble-rouser, would so reach out and touch upon what might be construed, after all, as an exclusively _white_ concern. Mostly whites died at Waco, let us not forget.) So I look at those Mad Max plans, and I see myself riding in that open-bed prison-transport truck right along with those denizens of the inner city--if I do not act somehow to stop that truck before it even gets out of its garage. Unfortunately, Tony Brown's Journal transcripts are a little hard to get. Neither does Tony Brown have his own site. You might, however, be able to get a videotape of today's show by calling 1(800)524-3552, or writing to: Tony Brown Productions, Inc. 1501 Broadway, Suite 412 New York, NY 10036 Ask specifically for the show by its title ("Race and Y2K") or by its airdate (September 26, 1999). A few other random thoughts on what Tony Brown and his guest had to say: Apparently, blacks--so say the spooks to one another--have earned the reputation for being "emotional, and not intellectual." From which the spooks tell themselves that blacks are very likely to have a mass protest, but not think things through to any logical conclusion. In turn, they infer that the blacks are likely to have enough put by to last for three weeks--but after three months, they're going to start rioting, and looting, and so forth and so on. Well, I don't know about whether blacks actually deserve the reputation for emoting and not thinking. But _I_ can think. And what _I_ think amounts to: We're next! At the moment, I'm not sure what to recommend. Perhaps a few calls, letters, e-mails (if they take them), and/or FAXes to Congressmen and Senators might be in order. Perhaps just to ask them what about these allegations? And to let them know that we are not inclined to dismiss them just because they came from a "disgruntled black ex-agent who got out of the kitchen because he couldn't take the heat." Not after Waco, we're not! Beyond that--I'd say that our outreach into the inner city could stand some improvement. I certainly cannot condone looting or rioting--and, to his credit, Tony Brown closed his program by saying, in effect, "Don't do anything stupid, that would give them an excuse!" But I do say--as did the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix, in his valiant effort to free his people from Roman (specifically, Caesarian) domination--that so long as we distinguish ourselves by color or race or national origin or whatever, and so long as we discriminate against one another on such flimsy bases, _we remain vulnerable!_ To be fair, I wasn't the first person to notice these things. I got the "Heads Up" to watch Tony Brown's program two days ago. Thank you again, whoever you are, if you happen to see this. I'm here to tell you that the Tony Brown program was every bit as explosive, and had information that was every bit as valuable, as you said. And to ask you to repeat the recommendations _you_ made at that time; the rest of us need to hear them and act on them, and to act aggressively, and _now._ Sincerely, Terry A. 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