the September issue of the free WMail 'Working Minds' philosophy & activism email newsletter is sent out, and also posted online
the essay topic is "Bush & Blackmail", posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay63.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#63
the October issue will be on the topic "The War In Iran"
the last issue was the Third All-Quotes Issue, along with a few news & comments items, and the issue is posted at
http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#62
previous All-Quotes issues were WMail Issue #36 [October 2003] and WMail Issue #43 [May 2004]
each issue is posted online –
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the quotations are posted by author –
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Sunday, September 24, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
War News: Attacking Iran
UPDATE 11 October: Navy officers aboard the 'Ike' have expressed concern via emails to family & friends about going to the Middle East without a declaration of war by Congress – What will they do if Dubya orders them to attack without Congressional clearance?; in other conversations, folks are concerned that the 'Ike' is intended as a lure for an attack ala the 'Gulf of Tonkin incident' of August 1964
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Be very scared. And very angry.
The U.S. National Debt is now $8,521,310,000,000.
Not scared by that? The annual interest on that amount (at a ballpark 10%) comes to 850 BILLION dollars – compare that to the cost of the Iraq War, which is 'only' 310 billion dollars over three years. (So far, of course: this does not include off-budget costs, which could reach 2 trillion dollars.)
That interest money is being paid to the Oligarchy in America, from whom we receive no benefit, except their mis-management of everything. This is basically extortion money.
The personal share of the National Debt of U.S. citizens can be computed two ways:
1) Dividing by the current population of 300 million, this comes to $28,400 per person.
This figure has earned the term 'Birth Tax', because every newborn American is saddled with this debt at the moment that they draw their first breath.
So, a family of four owes $113,600. A married couple without children owes $56,800.
2) Dividing by the number of individual taxpayers (135 million), this comes to $63,120 per taxpayer.
In this computation, a family of four owes $126,240. But what is also true is that a married couple with no children likewise owes $126,240.
Nobody who voted for George Bush is exempt. Nobody who voted for John Kerry is exempt. Nobody who stuck their head in the sand and failed their duty as a citizen by not voting at all is exempt. Nobody in diapers is exempt. Nobody in a nursing home is exempt.
And nobody reading this who lives in the U.S.A. is exempt.
Now are you scared? But more importantly, you should be angry.
The Oligarchy has the money, and you all have the debt. And your children and grandchildren ...
Not scared by that? The annual interest on that amount (at a ballpark 10%) comes to 850 BILLION dollars – compare that to the cost of the Iraq War, which is 'only' 310 billion dollars over three years. (So far, of course: this does not include off-budget costs, which could reach 2 trillion dollars.)
That interest money is being paid to the Oligarchy in America, from whom we receive no benefit, except their mis-management of everything. This is basically extortion money.
The personal share of the National Debt of U.S. citizens can be computed two ways:
1) Dividing by the current population of 300 million, this comes to $28,400 per person.
This figure has earned the term 'Birth Tax', because every newborn American is saddled with this debt at the moment that they draw their first breath.
So, a family of four owes $113,600. A married couple without children owes $56,800.
2) Dividing by the number of individual taxpayers (135 million), this comes to $63,120 per taxpayer.
In this computation, a family of four owes $126,240. But what is also true is that a married couple with no children likewise owes $126,240.
Nobody who voted for George Bush is exempt. Nobody who voted for John Kerry is exempt. Nobody who stuck their head in the sand and failed their duty as a citizen by not voting at all is exempt. Nobody in diapers is exempt. Nobody in a nursing home is exempt.
And nobody reading this who lives in the U.S.A. is exempt.
Now are you scared? But more importantly, you should be angry.
The Oligarchy has the money, and you all have the debt. And your children and grandchildren ...
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Bush 43 is 'The Toxic President'
•• He increased the National Debt by 49% – a dollar amount larger than the prior 42 presidents combined.
•• He has destroyed America's reputation as any kind of Beacon of Freedom.
•• The entire world is mad at the U.S.A. for starting the War in the Middle East.
•• He refuses to comply with the Kyoto Treaty, and in fact supports pollution at every hand.
•• The average worker earns less, healthcare is a farce, and corporate executives are over-paid pirates.
•• War-profiteering abounds, and money for Katrina relief went to corporations – NOT to residents of the Gulf Coast.
•• The treasonous act of outing Valerie Plame and Brewster-Jennings destroyed the C.I.A.'s trust among the intelligence community.
•• Felonious wire-taps and secret data-mining schemes cause fear of expression among all Americans.
Regime change in November 2006 !!
Impeachment starts in January 2007 ...
•• He has destroyed America's reputation as any kind of Beacon of Freedom.
•• The entire world is mad at the U.S.A. for starting the War in the Middle East.
•• He refuses to comply with the Kyoto Treaty, and in fact supports pollution at every hand.
•• The average worker earns less, healthcare is a farce, and corporate executives are over-paid pirates.
•• War-profiteering abounds, and money for Katrina relief went to corporations – NOT to residents of the Gulf Coast.
•• The treasonous act of outing Valerie Plame and Brewster-Jennings destroyed the C.I.A.'s trust among the intelligence community.
•• Felonious wire-taps and secret data-mining schemes cause fear of expression among all Americans.
Regime change in November 2006 !!
Impeachment starts in January 2007 ...
Friday, September 01, 2006
WMail #62: Third All-Quotes Issue
the August issue of the free WMail 'Working Minds' philosophy & activism email newsletter is sent out, and also posted online
the content is the Third All-Quotes Issue, along with a few news & comments items, and the issue is posted at
http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#62
previous All-Quotes issues were WMail Issue #36 [October 2003] and WMail Issue #43 [May 2004]
the topic of the prior issue was "Non-Monetary Economics", and the September issue topic will be "Bush & Blackmail"
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
and the essays are also posted separately –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMessays.htm;
the quotations are posted by author –
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the content is the Third All-Quotes Issue, along with a few news & comments items, and the issue is posted at
http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#62
previous All-Quotes issues were WMail Issue #36 [October 2003] and WMail Issue #43 [May 2004]
the topic of the prior issue was "Non-Monetary Economics", and the September issue topic will be "Bush & Blackmail"
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
and the essays are also posted separately –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMessays.htm;
the quotations are posted by author –
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Saturday, August 26, 2006
London Terrorists
Various Letters to the Editor about the recent arrests of terrorist plotters in London were opining absent quite a few facts.
1) Dubya was briefed on the matter on the Friday before the Monday announcement (as well as on Saturday & Sunday).
2) Cheney & the talking heads spent the weekend spewing bilge on TV about the Democrats being 'soft on terror'.
3) The following weekend's interview shows were used to connect British police work (wrongly) to the Bush administration's illegal & un-Constitutional wiretaps & data-mining.
4) Dubya's claim for credit in making the arrests has no basis.
5) Although the Brits cooperated in announcing the arrests on the day before the Connecticut primary, the police are upset that they were forced to close in on the terrorist cell prematurely – it will be difficult to convict them because (a) they had not purchased airline tickets, and (b) they had not gotten their passports or visas.
1) Dubya was briefed on the matter on the Friday before the Monday announcement (as well as on Saturday & Sunday).
2) Cheney & the talking heads spent the weekend spewing bilge on TV about the Democrats being 'soft on terror'.
3) The following weekend's interview shows were used to connect British police work (wrongly) to the Bush administration's illegal & un-Constitutional wiretaps & data-mining.
4) Dubya's claim for credit in making the arrests has no basis.
5) Although the Brits cooperated in announcing the arrests on the day before the Connecticut primary, the police are upset that they were forced to close in on the terrorist cell prematurely – it will be difficult to convict them because (a) they had not purchased airline tickets, and (b) they had not gotten their passports or visas.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Dubya's Third Term
Dubya's photo-op yesterday with Rockey Vaccarella of Louisiana was a fake, and quite scary.
1) Rockey was towing an 'honorary' F.E.M.A. trailer.
2) Rockey announced the trip beforehand.
3) Rockey is a Republican candidate for office in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
4) The script, probably written by Karl Rove, included Rockey's gushing wish that Dubya would have another four years to 'help' victims of Hurricane Katrina (conveniently avoiding the fact that Dubya caused the flooding & subsequent F.E.M.A. fiasco).
5) The 22nd Amendment, passed in 1951, limits the president to two terms.
The scary part is that Dubya will have a big problem running for a third term as an impeached felon, so this trial balloon from Rove points to a pre-emptive declaration making Bush 43 the first fascist dictator of the United States, with his 'third term' being permanent.
Expect this to happen shortly after the Democratic victories in November 2006 and before the Democratic House & Senate convene in January 2007.
1) Rockey was towing an 'honorary' F.E.M.A. trailer.
2) Rockey announced the trip beforehand.
3) Rockey is a Republican candidate for office in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
4) The script, probably written by Karl Rove, included Rockey's gushing wish that Dubya would have another four years to 'help' victims of Hurricane Katrina (conveniently avoiding the fact that Dubya caused the flooding & subsequent F.E.M.A. fiasco).
5) The 22nd Amendment, passed in 1951, limits the president to two terms.
The scary part is that Dubya will have a big problem running for a third term as an impeached felon, so this trial balloon from Rove points to a pre-emptive declaration making Bush 43 the first fascist dictator of the United States, with his 'third term' being permanent.
Expect this to happen shortly after the Democratic victories in November 2006 and before the Democratic House & Senate convene in January 2007.
Monday, July 31, 2006
WMail #61: "Non-Monetary Economics"
the July issue of the free WMail 'Working Minds' philosophy & activism email newsletter is sent out, and also posted online
the essay topic is "Non-Monetary Economics", posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay61.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006b.htm#61
the topic of the prior issue was "Climate & Politics", and the August issue topic is still to be determined
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
and the essays are also posted separately –
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the essay topic is "Non-Monetary Economics", posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay61.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006b.htm#61
the topic of the prior issue was "Climate & Politics", and the August issue topic is still to be determined
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
and the essays are also posted separately –
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Monday, July 24, 2006
economics tidbits #3
The current U.S. consumer & government debt is now $41 trillion; this combined debt has increased more in the last 16 years than in the previous 200 years.
— gold-merchant interviewed July 2006 on Ed Schultz radio show
"Taxation above 19% shrinks government and taxation below 19% makes government grow."
— Jonathan Rauch, in Atlantic Monthly June 2006
"95% of Fortune 500 companies pay less than 5% in taxes."
— David Sirota
"Cut and run? The Republican policy is to cut taxes for the wealthy and run up the National Debt."
— G.E. Nordell
— gold-merchant interviewed July 2006 on Ed Schultz radio show
"Taxation above 19% shrinks government and taxation below 19% makes government grow."
— Jonathan Rauch, in Atlantic Monthly June 2006
"95% of Fortune 500 companies pay less than 5% in taxes."
— David Sirota
"Cut and run? The Republican policy is to cut taxes for the wealthy and run up the National Debt."
— G.E. Nordell
Saturday, July 01, 2006
WMail #60: "Climate & Politics"
the latest issue of the free WMail 'Working Minds' philosophy & activism email newsletter is sent out, and also posted online
the essay topic is "Climate & Politics", posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay60.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006b.htm#60
the topic of the last issue was "The Distinction Source", and the July issue topic is still to be determined
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
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the essay topic is "Climate & Politics", posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay60.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006b.htm#60
the topic of the last issue was "The Distinction Source", and the July issue topic is still to be determined
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
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WMail #59: "The Distinction Source"
the latest issue of the free WMail 'Working Minds' philosophy & activism email newsletter is sent out, and also posted online
the essay topic is "The Distinction Source", posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay59.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006b.htm#59
the topic of the last issue was "The 51% Solution", and the June issue will be on the topic "Climate & Politics"
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
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the essay topic is "The Distinction Source", posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay59.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006b.htm#59
the topic of the last issue was "The 51% Solution", and the June issue will be on the topic "Climate & Politics"
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
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Saturday, June 03, 2006
new Albuquerque, New Mexico movie studios
Heard today about the recent news of a movie studio deal for the westside of Albuquerque, NM.
It turns out the Albuquerque Journal newspaper printed an article on May 20 that the involved parties are not willing to verify. The facts from public documents are that the independent City of Rio Rancho is developing a huge government & shopping & sports complex called City Center, and that Lion's Gate Entertainment {site requires Flash} has been making deals with local entities for 52.8 acres just north of City Center, for construction of a first phase of 'three sound stages, two backlots, and production offices'. The plan projects five permanent employees and as many as 400 local full-time jobs (crafts people, security, production workers, etc.).
A studio facility is also planned for the 27-acre property where the long-unused Santa Fe Railroad shop facilities are located, in the Barelas barrio area (also known as Mesa del Sol) south of Downtown Albuquerque. Partners in that deal, announced in October 2005, are Pacifica Ventures (owners of Culver Studios in Los Angeles), Digital Media Group, and local developer Union Development Corp. The mixed-use project will include six sound stages, a unique 200,000 sq-ft indoor backlot, and office & retail & housing space.
UPDATE July 25:
Albuquerque [NM] Tribune July 24 article
Hollywood studio spotlights Mesa del Sol plans
Albuquerque [NM] Journal July 25 article
Albuquerque Studios Work Gets Started
UPDATE June 2007:
The Albuquerque Studios facility is open for business.
UPDATE Nov 2008:The deal for a Lionsgate Studio to be built in Rio Rancho is officially expired.
It turns out the Albuquerque Journal newspaper printed an article on May 20 that the involved parties are not willing to verify. The facts from public documents are that the independent City of Rio Rancho is developing a huge government & shopping & sports complex called City Center, and that Lion's Gate Entertainment {site requires Flash} has been making deals with local entities for 52.8 acres just north of City Center, for construction of a first phase of 'three sound stages, two backlots, and production offices'. The plan projects five permanent employees and as many as 400 local full-time jobs (crafts people, security, production workers, etc.).
A studio facility is also planned for the 27-acre property where the long-unused Santa Fe Railroad shop facilities are located, in the Barelas barrio area (also known as Mesa del Sol) south of Downtown Albuquerque. Partners in that deal, announced in October 2005, are Pacifica Ventures (owners of Culver Studios in Los Angeles), Digital Media Group, and local developer Union Development Corp. The mixed-use project will include six sound stages, a unique 200,000 sq-ft indoor backlot, and office & retail & housing space.
UPDATE July 25:
Albuquerque [NM] Tribune July 24 article
Hollywood studio spotlights Mesa del Sol plans
Albuquerque [NM] Journal July 25 article
Albuquerque Studios Work Gets Started
UPDATE June 2007:
The Albuquerque Studios facility is open for business.
UPDATE Nov 2008:The deal for a Lionsgate Studio to be built in Rio Rancho is officially expired.
Monday, May 29, 2006
Above The Law
The evidence that George Dubya Bush and his co-conspirators are and have been holding themselves above the law is mounting:
The New York Times first revealed the N.S.A. program of warrantless wiretapping of U.S. phone calls & data-mining of phone company records in December 2005.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_controversy
More indictments are pending by Special Prosecutor Patrick 'Bulldog' Fitzgerald in the Valerie Plame C.I.A. leak 'Treasongate' scandal.
Working Minds Timeline of the TreasonGate Cover-Up
Bush on May 5th quietly issued a presidential memorandum that was published on May 14th under the innocuous title "Assignment of Function Relating to Granting of Authority for Issuance of Certain Directives: Memorandum for the Director of National Intelligence". The memo gives 'executive power' to Director of National Intellligence John Negroponte to absolve any corporation from requirements to file reports to the S.E.C. or I.R.S. in the name of 'national security'. The existence of this shadow power move was revealed by
Business Week Online on May 23rd.
On April 30th, the Boston Globe published its research detailing the 750+ signing statements issued by Bush, saying that he will not enforce or obey those laws as passed by Congress.
www.boston.com/.../2006/04/30/bush ...
The Federal Reserve discontinued publication of the M3 monetary aggregate report in February 2006. The M3 Report was the primary indicator of the size of the money supply, i.e. the amount of money in circulation. The value of the M3 doubled in the prior 9 years, which no other part of the economy has matched – a certain cause of inflation. (The fiscally irresponsible Bush administration has also doubled the U.S. National Debt since he took office.) It is natural to presume that the M3 report was eliminated so that further inflationary moves will be hidden from public view.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/20060330/h6.txt
Working Minds 'Stopping George Dubya Bush' Page
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_controversy
Working Minds Timeline of the TreasonGate Cover-Up
Business Week Online on May 23rd.
www.boston.com/.../2006/04/30/bush ...
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/20060330/h6.txt
Working Minds 'Stopping George Dubya Bush' Page
Sunday, May 28, 2006
economics tidbits #2
"In 2005, there were 9 million American millionaires, a 62% increase since 2002." — Mother Jones Magazine May/June 2006
"Adjusted for inflation, the federal minimum wage has fallen 42% since its peak in 1968." — Mother Jones Magazine May/June 2006
"Two-parent families are spending 16% more time at work, or 500 hours a year, than they did in 1979." — The Nation May 2006
Due to the rise in metal prices (especially zinc), the cost of making a U.S. penny is now 1.4 cents and the cost of making a nickel is now 5.73 cents.
"Adjusted for inflation, the federal minimum wage has fallen 42% since its peak in 1968." — Mother Jones Magazine May/June 2006
"Two-parent families are spending 16% more time at work, or 500 hours a year, than they did in 1979." — The Nation May 2006
Due to the rise in metal prices (especially zinc), the cost of making a U.S. penny is now 1.4 cents and the cost of making a nickel is now 5.73 cents.
Saturday, May 20, 2006
U.S. Elections of 2006
Most U.S. local & state primary elections are June 6th; the national/general election is November 6th.
Any U.S. citizen who does not vote in the 2006 Primary and 2006 General Elections surrenders the right to call him-/herself an American.
It is time to take the country back from the Carlisle Group, Halliburton, Kellogg-Brown-Root 'petroleum industrial complex' that pulls the strings attached to mouthpiece-puppet George Dubya Bush.
The impeachment of Bush & Cheney hinges on the people's will, expressed in the June 2006 Primary Elections – replacing all G.O.P. candidates and fellow-traveling Democrats – and in the November 2006 General Elections.
Your country is calling for action, for a New Revolution, for a stand to defend and protect the U.S. Constitution against the fascists running the Bush Administration.
A new 2006 U.S. National Elections Page has been added on the Working Minds website; it will be updated regularly.
Any U.S. citizen who does not vote in the 2006 Primary and 2006 General Elections surrenders the right to call him-/herself an American.
It is time to take the country back from the Carlisle Group, Halliburton, Kellogg-Brown-Root 'petroleum industrial complex' that pulls the strings attached to mouthpiece-puppet George Dubya Bush.
The impeachment of Bush & Cheney hinges on the people's will, expressed in the June 2006 Primary Elections – replacing all G.O.P. candidates and fellow-traveling Democrats – and in the November 2006 General Elections.
Your country is calling for action, for a New Revolution, for a stand to defend and protect the U.S. Constitution against the fascists running the Bush Administration.
A new 2006 U.S. National Elections Page has been added on the Working Minds website; it will be updated regularly.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Rove indicted
word is out that on Friday {May 12th} Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald handed warrants to Karl Rove's lawyers specifying indictments of Rove for perjury and obstruction of justice
update May 27: nothing has since happened on this, which seems to be connected to the indictment itself being secret; no 'U.S. vs. Rove' case was filed that day, but there is a 'Sealed vs. Sealed' filing; what is going on? conjecture has it that Fitzgerald's boss ordered the secrecy
update June 13: Rove's lawyer stated that Rove will not be prosecuted, based on a letter from Fitzgerald; Fitzgerald's office declined to confirm or deny the statement.
update May 27: nothing has since happened on this, which seems to be connected to the indictment itself being secret; no 'U.S. vs. Rove' case was filed that day, but there is a 'Sealed vs. Sealed' filing; what is going on? conjecture has it that Fitzgerald's boss ordered the secrecy
update June 13: Rove's lawyer stated that Rove will not be prosecuted, based on a letter from Fitzgerald; Fitzgerald's office declined to confirm or deny the statement.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
wholesale price of gas
According to the governor of Montana, he and the governers of Wyoming and North Dakota set up a coalition and met with in-state oil producers to ramp up production of crude oil a couple weeks ago. The producers agreed. Turned out the bottleneck up there is the pipeline to the refineries.
The pipeline people offered the independent American oil producers $32 a barrel! – during a time when crude oil on the world market is over $70 a barrel.
Price-gouging is a fact. And Gov. Schweitzer has asked his Attorney General to investigate: see PDF file of memo.
(based on an interview with Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana, heard on the Ed Schultz radio show Thursday 4 May 2006)
The pipeline people offered the independent American oil producers $32 a barrel! – during a time when crude oil on the world market is over $70 a barrel.
Price-gouging is a fact. And Gov. Schweitzer has asked his Attorney General to investigate: see PDF file of memo.
(based on an interview with Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana, heard on the Ed Schultz radio show Thursday 4 May 2006)
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
price of gas + boycott
the average price of gas/petrol when George Bush was anointed President was $1.46 per gallon; the current price (5 years later) is an average of $2.91 per gallon, an increase of 100% [from the A.A.A. in April 2006]
while many pooh-pooh the idea or effectiveness of a boycott, the chain emails in support of a boycott of Exxon-Mobil are an angry response to the unconscionable windfall profits that Exxon-Mobil and the others of the U.S. oil monopoly have taken out of your pocket
the bottom line about the boycott is that it won't hurt to drive past Exxon-Mobil's retail locations and buy from another brand – the message may get delivered if enough join in; the Valero-Shamrock C-store in my town keeps their pump price several cents lower than the others, so Shamrock is my usual fill up anyway
while many pooh-pooh the idea or effectiveness of a boycott, the chain emails in support of a boycott of Exxon-Mobil are an angry response to the unconscionable windfall profits that Exxon-Mobil and the others of the U.S. oil monopoly have taken out of your pocket
the bottom line about the boycott is that it won't hurt to drive past Exxon-Mobil's retail locations and buy from another brand – the message may get delivered if enough join in; the Valero-Shamrock C-store in my town keeps their pump price several cents lower than the others, so Shamrock is my usual fill up anyway
Friday, April 28, 2006
drugs and execution
most current methods of execution are rough on the recipient, which is not a surprise since the purpose is to kill the person sentenced to death by the legal system; the newer methods of execution by injection are hardly better than electrocution or hanging or the firing squad (drawing and quartering has been out of favor for a while)
here's a better method for execution of criminals: inject them with heroin, which is a natural substance for which the human body has receptors, which is why getting hooked is so difficult to undo
the use of heroin for executions has two benefits over the other methods: first, the experience for the executee will be rather pleasant, actually, and the overdose no less lethal, which removes the complaints about cruelty
secondly, kids and others considering or being pressured to try a little 'pop' of heroin – no big deal, you can quit any time, no real harm done – will be clear that heroin is used to execute criminals because heroin is very, very lethal
here's a better method for execution of criminals: inject them with heroin, which is a natural substance for which the human body has receptors, which is why getting hooked is so difficult to undo
the use of heroin for executions has two benefits over the other methods: first, the experience for the executee will be rather pleasant, actually, and the overdose no less lethal, which removes the complaints about cruelty
secondly, kids and others considering or being pressured to try a little 'pop' of heroin – no big deal, you can quit any time, no real harm done – will be clear that heroin is used to execute criminals because heroin is very, very lethal
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