Commentary An education in freedom Backwoods Home by Claire Wolfe
"There are three fundamentally subversive things an Ordinary American Outlaw can do to increase freedom while going about daily life. Two can be dangerous to your well-being. The third is overwhelmingly rewarding and hardly hazardous at all. Subversive acts #1 and #2 are: 1) don’t pay your income taxes and 2) quit using a government-issued centralized citizen tracking number -- aka social security number. Both of these acts of subversion are fine ways to help chop the tentacles off government and to retain some control over your own life and labors. But well...sometimes they can really mess up your tidy little routine. The third act of everyday subversion -- the nice one -- is: teach your children at home." (03/03)
http://www.backwoodshome.com/columns/wolfe0303.html
Commentary Why it's wrong The Libertarian Enterprise by Bob Tipton
"Thankfully, I gave up on watching the news ages ago, so I won't be subjected again to a seemingly endless stream of camera-in-the-nose-of-the-bomb video clips. If it's technologically sophisticated, it must be morally sophisticated, right? Wrong.... Don't tell me about how every effort is going to be made to prevent this from happening. All of these reassurances are invariably followed by assertions that "collateral damage" is inevitable. It's not inevitable. If you don't drop the bomb on people you can't see, it doesn't happen. It can never be moral to kill people en masse, knowing full well that some of the people you kill have done you no harm." (03/14/03)
http://www.webleyweb.com/tle/libe216-20030324-05.html
Commentary Now, I am the terrorist Truth Out by William Rivers Pitt
"On September 11th, I sat in numb horror as the images of carnage unfolded before me on the television. On that day, I was the victim of terrorism, along with every other American. Today, I sit in numbed horror as more carnage unfolds. Hundreds of massive missiles have rained down on a city far away, killing indiscriminately among the young, the infirm, the old and the innocent. My government did this. My nation did this. My leaders did this. Today, I am the terrorist. So are you." (03/21/03)
http://truthout.org/docs_03/032303A.shtml
Commentary When do we start negotiating the peace?
Las Vegas Journal Review by Vin Suprinowicz
"Cops are necessary. Most cops are decent folk. But they should make a list of the laws that are turning our streets into a war zone of 'Us Against Them,' troop up to the state Legislature, and say, 'Let's repeal about 90 percent of this stuff.' My granddad walked a beat in an even bigger city 60 years ago; he used to whistle and say 'Hi' to all the folks and rescue kittens from trees, and he never had to pull his gun once, in 30 years on the beat. Something has gone seriously wrong in America. If this is a war, when do we start to negotiate the peace?" (03/23/03)
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Mar-23-Sun-2003/opinion/20858057.html
Commentary Will 'Shock and Awe' create another Dresden? Village Voice by James Ridgeway
"The enormous 'shock and awe' bombing campaign against Baghdad, now being carried out by the U.S. military to ensure there is no safe place left to hide in the capital city, will inevitably recall the Allied firebombing of Dresden during World War II. U.S. military planners don't want anything like this to happen, but there is always the possibility that things can get out of hand." (03/21/03)
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0313/ridgewar4.php
Commentary Mexico, watch out! Counter Punch by Saul Landau
"'Any country that doesn't go along with us will be paying a very heavy price.' This warning came from an unnamed U.S. diplomat to Mexican officials if they voted against the U.S. war resolution in the Security Council. The White House ordered U.S. officials to go directly to the capitals of UN Security Council countries to issue these 'warnings.'" (03/22/03)
http://www.counterpunch.org/landau03222003.html
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News FL House bill would allow legislators to ignore voters St. Petersburg Times
"A House panel on Thursday approved a proposal that would
let state lawmakers ignore changes that people make to the state Constitution by petition drive. Lawmakers could also disregard changes voters have already made to the
Constitution, such as the class size reduction ballot measure approved just four months ago." (03/21/03)
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/03/21/State/House_bill_would_allo.shtml
News MTV: No videos or songs about war or bombs InternalMemos.com
"MTV (Europe)Recommendations for the scheduling and content of videos and programmes
In the light of the outbreak of war in Iraq in the last 12 hours, our recommendations for the scheduling and content of videos and programmes are as follows:
Video recommendations: Obviously, there will be heightened public sensitivity to representations of war, soldiers, bombing, destruction of buildings and public unrest at home. The ITC Programme Code requires us not to broadcast material which offends against good taste or is offensive to public feeling. We therefore recommend that videos featuring the following are not shown at the moment:war,soldiers,war planes,bombs,missiles,riots and social unrest,executions,other obviously sensitive material." (03/20/03)
http://www.internalmemos.com/memos/memodetails.php?memo_id=1424
News Mobile numbers to be added to 411 CNN News
"Looking for a friend but don't have her phone number with you? For now, you can call directory assistance for her home number, but her wireless digits are off limits from 411. That's about to change, however. After years of hesitation, cellular providers are getting close to making wireless numbers available to 411 callers. Although the information service probably won't be available until next year at the earliest, some details already are clear." (03/19/03)
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/03/19/wireless.show.ap/index.html
News Iraqi commander reported to have surrendered fights on SpaceWar/Agence France-Presse
"An Iraqi commander near the southern city of Basra
said Sunday that his division, which Washington
earlier said had surrendered, would continue to resist
US and British forces. 'I am with my men in Basra, we continue to defend the people and riches" of the town, Colonel Khaled al-Hashemi, commander of the 51st Mechanized Division, told the satellite television channel Al-Jazeera.The Pentagon announced Friday his troops had surrendered to coalition forces, the first
division-sized unit to do so since the start of a
US-led ground offensive. Baghdad immediately denied
the claim." (03/23/03)
http://www.spacewar.com/2003/030323155238.aasx5t35.html
News Turks hem Kurds in on three fronts Independent
"The Turkish government pushed ahead with its troop
deployment, deeper into Iraq than at any time since
the last Gulf war, despite pleas from Washington to
avoid confrontation with the Kurds. Until this war
began, Kurdish militia leaders had vowed retaliation
if the Turks pressed south. Last week, however, they
placed themselves under American command, and have to
stand aside as the Turkish military extends a cordon
sanitare well beyond its borders. Now the Kurds effectively face dangers on three fronts." (03/23/03)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/23/wturk23.xml/
News New cocaine sweet 'will help people relax' Ananova
"A company in Peru is developing a sweet made out of a mixture of caramel and cocaine.The company, from Carmen Alto, says the Cocamel will help people relax from the stress of daily life. 'I want to demystify the use of cocaine leaves. In many parts people chew or make tea with them to fight altitude sickness.'" (03/23/03)
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_763222.html
