On Apr 7, 9:51 pm, Immortalist
yahoo.com> wrote:> On Apr 8, 5:39 pm, "jonathan"
write.instead.net> wrote:
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>>> Olympic Motto: One-World One-Dream!
>> or
>> The Deal of the Century
>
>> To whit: The Western World will 'Deed' ..legitimacy.. to Dictatorships
>> in exchange for commercial access to their 'captive' markets.
>
>> These Olympics are all about selling out the freedom of a FIFTH of the world
>> in exchange for exclusive 'rights' to the captive Chinese market.
>> Truly a deal made in Hell.
>
>> The Chinese Communist Party badly needs a successful Olympics
>> to...legitimize...the largest and most repressive Dictatorship
>> in the history of humanity. The Western Corporations badly want
>> access to the FIFTH of the world that lives within China.
>
>> The Opening Ceremony
>> New Olympic Motto: Truth is Stranger than Fiction!
>
>> A Champagne Event...sparing no expense...where Hollywood
>> and the Tyrants and the Moguls 'raise a glass' laughing at the
>> demise of concepts such as;
>
>> consent of the governed
>> human rights and
>> freedom of speech
>
>> And bring us an opening ceremony where even...Orwell would blush
>> at the spectacle of watching humanity celebrate its own enslavement.
>> The Surreal Event of the Century!
>
>> Corruption Squared!
>
>> "Distinguished" Corporate sponsors, such as Goliath's Coca-Cola
>> and Johnson & Johnson are about to sell their souls and our
>> future for guaranteed cozy insider access provided by the CCP.
>> We've already heard the threats of retaliation against any
>> company that snubs these Olympics. Those that buddy-up now
>> at this crucial turning point for communism are sure to be generously
>> rewarded.
>
>> Back to the good 'ol days of smoke-filled rooms filled with corruption
>> and CCP enforced monopolies...cheers Big-Money!
>
>
>> But they are bartering away something that DOESN'T BELONG to them.
>> Which is a new century that doesn't repeat the horrors of the last.
>> Without the inevitable wars and countless crimes that flow from
>> large brutal dictatorships.
>
>> Or will they only impose on us the kind of capitalism that now exists
>> in China? Without any democratic checks and balances, and a
>> market...only free...for those in power or in money?
>
>> It's essential to our future that these Olympics embarrass the CCP.
>> That Olympic Flame needs to be snuffed out before it makes it
>> to Beijing. The future of this planet depends on it.
>
>
>> Jonathan
>
>> The first corporate sponsor to leave will have the high ground
>> and make a statement that is heard around the world.
>> Then the rush for the door happens.
>> And one corporation will be left alone with the communists
>> and with history.
>
>> s
>
> Are you in the USA?
>
> This government invades a country contrary to the UN charter
What part of the UN charter restricts a government from acting to
protect its own security interests? I.E. What part of the UN charter
gave authority for US foreign policy and National defense to the UN?
, condones
> torture,
pretty broad term which I assume you interpret to include
interrogating enemy combatants.
outs a CIA operative,
Just about everyone on the planet know the fallacy of this. First she
was not an operative, she was a former employee whose idenity was no
longer a state secret (by her own admission) Second a Clinton hold
over in the state department admitted he was the source for the
"outing"
ignores warrants for wiretaps,
By which you mean the FBI can use the same method approved for going
after the Mob to go after terrorist.
> selectively leaks classified information for partisan gain,
To my knowledge no Bush appointees have stuffed classified documents
down their pants in order to steal them (for whatever purpose). Keep
in mind that it is the Presidents prerogative to determine what
information is disseminated and what is not.
rounds up
> thousands of American Muslims without evidence,
???? Really ???? Give one incident of an American citizen who was
"rounded up"/arrested without cause and in violation of his rights.
incarcerates hundreds
> at Guantánamo without charges or lawyers,
You mean the enemy combatants? Partially, I agree. Enemy combatants
that are caught out of uniform (for their respective countries should
be shot) after whatever usefull information can be obtained from
them. At least that was the policy used in all past wars.
and asserts the power to
> ignore hundreds of duly enacted laws because of an unending war on
> terror
what laws? Name one law the President has violated?
--and then Bush urges the world to follow his devotion to "the
> rule of law." Bush views the law as largely an extension of politics,
> a means to an end, a speed bump to be overcome. So when he was asked
> about the legality of his invasion of Iraq, he sarcastically answered,
> "Is it legal? Oh my, I'd better call my lawyer."
I'm sorry was it my imagination or did Congress grant the President
the authority to go to war (although this is not required for him to
conduct military actions).
For 200 years after
> Marbury v. Madison, courts had the final say on interpreting laws and
> the Constitution. Then Bush aides made up a theory called the
> [[["unitary executive"]]]--and the President in effect said that he
> could veto laws after signing them into law. Why? "We're at war." But
> a) the constitution makes the president the commander-in-chief of the
> military, not the country and b) since this is a war without end, the
> "unitary executive" is euphemism for authoritarianism.
War without end? Five years does not appear to me to be war without
end. Certainly many other military endeavors in history have taken
much longer. But more to the point, since our enemy still attempts to
fight us it seems we have little choice but to continue to defeat/
destroy them wherever we can find them. I admit the "nuke them all
the HE double hockey sticks" would have been a quicker approach, but
I'm guessing it is not really the speed of a successfull resolution of
the terrorist problem that most interests you. Just our defeat. Hey
wouldn't that make you the opposite of a friend.
