http://www.johnleemd.net/breaking_news/fluoridation_01.html


Informant: beefree

Barbara Lee: Permanent Occupation

Anyone familiar with the Project for a New American Century (PNAC) should be skeptical about the administration's claims that it does not have plans for a permanent military presence in Iraq. According to Barbara Lee, PNAC, many of whose founders, including Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, went on to serve in the Bush administration, published a document in 2000 titled 'Rebuilding America's Defenses.' It plainly cites the objective of an increased US military presence in the region as a rationale for invading Iraq.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/100105X.shtml

Der zurückgetretene Chef der US-Katastrophenschutzbehörde FEMA sucht die Verantwortung für das Versagen bei der Naturkatastrophe in New Orleans abzuschieben.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/21/21053/1.html

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,16779482%255E1702,00.html


Informant: Kev Hall

The Great Shifting of the Ages
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1009868/

Nature is a humbling force: the next Great War will be the terror delivered by Nature
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1009986/

Climate Change Threatens Human Health
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1009736/

SEA ICE MELTS TO RECORD LOW BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1016289/

Fears Over Climate as Arctic Ice Melts at Record Level
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1020421/

Caribbean Corals Hit by Warm, Storm-Spawning Seas
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1009923/

Japan Dolphin Day: A Moment of Truth
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1012770/

Mass Extinction of Insects May Be Occurring Undetected
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1016306/

How About Some Pesticides in Your Organic Food?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1004461/

Food and Energy Security: Local Systems Global Solidarity
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1010567/

Vote USA 2004
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Vote+USA+2004/

Iraq War
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Irak-Krieg/

Is Iran next?
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next

Tsunami
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Tsunami/

RFID
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/RFID/

EMF-Omega-News 1. October 2005
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1022868/

Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1002791/

RF-Induced DNA Breaks Reported in China
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1019332/

Immune: EMF effects on humans and mice
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1003904/

Effects of electromagnetic fields on the immune systems of occupationally exposed humans and mice
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1004430/

Electromagnetic Radiation and Epilepsy
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1009173/

Electromagnetic field and Epilepsy
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1011399/

Epilepsy girl will learn at home after radio mast victory
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1009126/

Compensation for phone mast hell?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1010354/

Mobile phone use and exposures in children
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1004419/

Young people hit by mouth cancer
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1007418/

Possible Effects of Electromagnetic Fields from Phone Masts on a Population of White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1021451/

One in 20 Scots are victims of radio waves from police masts
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1004406/

A blood test will establish when a patient is affected by electro magnetic pollution
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/969188/

Protesters call on Human Rights Act to stop mast
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1019509/

Scientists behaving badly
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1008299/

Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1002975/

Interphone researchers misled the media
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1019613/

Swede charges his primeminister and the Government for the crime of rolling out 3G without concerns for the peoples health
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1019308/

Clergy criticise the Church over links with British weapons firm
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1006969/

'No mast on our road'
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1010368/

Mast case for High Court?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1010379/

Moray village protests over planned mobile phone mast
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1010694/

Artists lead boycott in phone mast row
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1011474/

PLANNER BEATS LOCK-OUT AT PROPOSED MAST SITE
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1013727/

Mobile phone mast causes controversy
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1014142/

Backing for mast protest
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1014150/

Seeing red over orange phone masts
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1015900/

Residents' horror at mast approval
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1020001/

Mast plan fails
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1020080/

Fury over new phone mast plan
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1020251/

We don't want a mast round here
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1020397/

Mobile phone mast plan sparks alarm
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1020951/

MAST REFUSAL PUTS SPORTS CLUB IN JEOPARDY
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1022256/

'THIS IS HOW O2 MAST WILL LOOK'
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1022261/

IMPORTANT London conference on 29-30 October: The Battle of Ideas
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1004746/

News from Mast Sanity
http://tinyurl.com/aotw3

For the first time in more than a decade, Rep. Tom DeLay arrived at work yesterday without a leadership title attached to his name. Sidelined from his post as majority leader by a criminal indictment in Texas, the man who accumulated extraordinary power on his way up the ladder faces difficult and uncertain times.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/093005D.shtml

Matthew Rothschild: Lynndie England just got three years and a dishonorable discharge. When is Donald Rumsfeld going to face the music and get canned or indicted for his part in the torture scandal?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/093005C.shtml

There was a protest at Holyoke Community College, MA against military recruiters. The police arrived and started knocking people to the ground and macing them.

http://www.traprockpeace.org/counter_recruitment/


From Information Clearing House

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FORWARD WIDELY...

To Friends and Supporters,

We have just learned that Charles Peterson, the student who was maced and assaulted by police at yesterday's counter recruitment protest at Holyoke Community College, has received a letter from the HCC campus police, informing him that due to "his conduct" he is indefinitely banned from campus. If he steps foot on the property he will be arrested for trespassing.

In other words, without any due process, or the opportunity to even speak to administrators, Charles has been banned from campus for the "crime" of being maced in the face by police officers.

It is important to say that Charles Peterson, who witnesses described as playing a moderating role at yesterday's protest, is an upstanding member of the HCC community. He is the recipient of the David James Taylor Excellence in Philosophy Award. He is Vice President for Academic Affairs on the Student Senate. He is a member of the College’s Learning Communities Committee, and is a frequent contributor to the student newspaper.

Furthermore, Officer Scott Landry, the officer who sprayed mace in Charles's face yesterday, is also an advisor to the College Republican Club. The College Republicans were present during the protest yesterday, cheering on the police as they attacked students.

Where is due process for Charles Peterson?

PLEASE CALL (AGAIN IF YOU"VE CALLED ALREADY CALLED) AND REGISTER YOUR PROTEST AT THIS OUTRAGEOUS TREATMENT!

HCC Main Number 1-413-552-2600
President Messner 1-413-552-2222


Informant: Ashley Smith

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URGENT UPDATE—PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!

Student who was Maced By Police is Now Banned from Campus! http://www.traprockpeace.org/counter_recruitment/

At approximately 1pm on Sept 30, Sgt. Richard H. Wheeler and State Trooper Vasquez delivered a notice to Charles T. Peterson at the doorstep of his home in Springfield, MA.

Charles was the student who was sprayed in the face with mace by Officer Scott Landry at the protest against military recruiters at Holyoke Community College on September 29.

(Go to campusantiwar.net to see photos and read our previous statement about the police brutality )

The notice read: “Because of your conduct on the property of Holyoke Community College, your presence is no longer desired at Holyoke Community College, its property or buildings. Your failure to abide by said trespass notice will result in your arrest and court prosecution for trespassing. This notice will remain in effect untill [sic] revoked in writing by the Holyoke Community College Police Department.”

This is in clear violation of the College’s own stated policy that students, "have the right to procedural due process in grievance and disciplinary hearings." [Right #6, p22, HCC Policy Guide 05/06]

As Charles is employed on campus, this restraining order will keep him not only from getting an education, but also from working.

Thus far, Charles has not been contacted by any member of the Administration, besides the campus police. So he has had his education and his job taken away from him with no explanation and no opportunity to appeal.

It’s worth repeating here that Officer Scott Landry, the officer who put Charles in a headlock and sprayed mace in his face, is also the Advisor to the College Republicans at HCC. The College Republicans were also present at the protest, chanting behind the police line to incite the police to attack students.

On campus, the student body has become frighteningly polarized, and many students who were at the protest opted out of attending classes today for fear of harassment.

Professor Mark Clinton, the faculty advisor to the Anti War Coalition has been summoned to see the Vice President of Academic Affairs on Monday afternoon. The Office of the Vice President would not inform Clinton’s dean of the agenda for the meeting.

Yesterday, Professor Mark Clinton’s daughter was called an “ugly communist bitch” by a fellow student.

Cindy Sheehan is scheduled to visit HCC in November. We will be trying to contact her to notify her of the recent police brutality and to ask her to make a statement in support of students. If anyone reading this can help us get in touch with her, please let us know (our email is at the bottom of this statement).

Amazingly enough, a George Mason University student was assaulted by police on the same day as the HCC protest. Tariq Khan, a Pakistani-American and Air Force Veteran, wore a sign reading, “Recruiters tell lies” while standing in front of a US Marine recruiting table. After being harassed by ROTC members, the JC Operations Representative told Tariq that he had no right to voice his opinion without a permit and to leave. When Tariq peaceably refused, campus police violently assaulted him—choking him, pushing him, and slamming him against a stage.

In Wisconsin, students at UW Madison were threatened with arrest and forced to dismantle their protest against the presence of the Air Force, CIA, and Marines at the College’s career fair. They were told that they were violating the Administration’s codes for protesting when in fact they were in no way breaching any part of it.

We are sticking with our former demands (see statement of September 29 on campusantiwar.net) but we would like to add the following:

---That the restraining order against Charles T. Peterson be lifted immediately so he can continue his education and return to his job.

---That an impartial investigation be conducted into Officer Scott Landry’s role in the battery at the September 29 protest-- given Officer Landry’s dual role as armed police officer AND student advisor to the College Republicans.

For the over 700 of you who have already called the school THANK YOU! Please keep the pressure on. Please keep calling. We are hoping to flood the school with calls on Monday.

Sincerely,

Members of the Anti War Coalition at Holyoke Community College

Please call Holyoke Community College to register you concerns.

President Messner 1-413-552-2222

Officer Scott Landry, Campus Police/ Advisor to the College Republicans 1-413-552-2048

Vivian Ostrowsky, Student Activities Coordinator 1-413-552-2418


Additional Statements from members of the Anti War Coalition at HCC

One leading member of the AWC, whose brother was permanently injured in Iraq last year, stated:

“I was there to speak for my brother. He was wounded in Iraq. He’s a different person since he came back, it’s a different person looking at me, more like my little brother than my big brother. He may never be the same, and he may never open up and tell me what happened in Iraq. But I believe he fought for lies, and I believe he was lied to when he joined the military. He was promised money for college and a chance to see the world. But he went to Iraq, and he wasn’t the same when he came back.”

Shinah Santiago, an AWC Steering Committee member stated, “I think it’s absolutely ridiculous. It’s totally unjust to ban him from campus without any kind of hearing or anything. And to have one of the officers who assaulted us serve the papers was part of their effort to intimidate us. They think he’s our leader, but everyone in the AWC is a leader, and none of us is going to be intimidated.”


Emails of support and solidarity can be sent to: info.hcc-awc@hotmail.com


Charles Jenks
Chair of Advisory Board and Web Manager Traprock Peace Center
103A Keets Road Deerfield, MA 01342
413-773-7427
fax 413-773-7507
http://www.traprockpeace.org


UNITED FOR PEACE & JUSTICE | 212-868-5545

From ufpj-news

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Statements of Support For Student Protesters at Holyoke Community College-- Please forward widely!

CINDY SHEEHAN

Peace Mom and Founder of Gold Star Families for Peace

I am appalled that students exercising their (fully sanctioned) rights to free speech and to peaceably assemble were abused by law enforcement officials. The right to patriotically dissent from our government is a sacred right and these students should be given commendations, not black eyes. They were claiming their places in our democracy. The people who mistreated them should be the ones who are being investigated for their brutality and heavy-handed over-reaction, not the students.


DAVD SWANSON

Progressive Democrats of America

Freedom of speech and assembly are under attack around the country, and college campuses are some of the most valuable places where we must not let those freedoms be taken away. Your courage in standing up to this assault on your rights is admirable and should be promoted as an example to others. And, while your rights should be defended even if — and especially if — your views are controversial and shared only by a minority, you should remain aware that in this case your views are shared by a majority, and an active majority, and a movement that has begun to show its muscle. As one member in one small corner of that movement, I think it is safe to say, we’ve got your back. Let the country know what happens, and the antiwar movement will respond.


David Swanson is creator of MeetWithCindy.org, co-founder of the AfterDowningStreet.org coalition, a writer and activist, and the Washington Director of Democrats.com. He is a board member of Progressive Democrats of America, and serves on the Executive Council of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, TNG-CWA. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich’s 2004 presidential campaign, Media Coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as Communications Coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Swanson obtained a Master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia in 1997. His website is http://www.davidswanson.org


HADAS THEIR, NICK BERGREEN, JUSTINO RODRIGUEZ

The “City College 4”

We were outraged to hear of the repression against our brothers and sisters at Holyoke Community College, who committed no crime but to peacefully protest militarism at their school. Last spring, when the campus police and administration at the City College of New York tried to silence us with brutality, arrests and suspension, antiwar activists on and off our campus rallied to our side, helping to win our reinstatement. We’re certain that just as our voices could not be silenced, neither will your’s. We stand with you in your struggle to return Charles Peterson to his rightful place in the college community, and to return freedom of speech to its rightful place in an instution that is supposed to be dedicated to higher learning. Your dedication to the ongoing and growing movement against the military’s discriminatory and predatory policies is an inspiration.

Yours in struggle.


S. BRIAN WILLSON, J.D, LL.D

Member, coordinating Committee, Humboldt Bay Veterans For Peace, Arcata, CA Commissioner, Arcata City Nuclear Free Zone and Peace Commission

Police Should Be Prosecuted For Assaulting Students; Military Recruiters Should Be Banned From Campuses, October 2, 2005

The recent police assault on students protesting military recruiters at Holyoke Community College continues patterns of police repression at campuses such as George Mason University, University of Wisconsin, and the University of California. These unprovoked police assaults are criminal in nature and directly squash expression of constitutionally protected free speech.

Therefore, the police should be prosecuted for violating the law against assault and battery, and sued for violating citizen’s Constitutional rights

Furthermore, students are rightfully protesting military recruiters on campus. U.S. military recruiters should now be prohibited because they are participating in acts (recruitment) that discriminate against persons on the basis of sexual preference, violating protected civil rights, and are inducing with numerous misrepresentations the signing of contracts with young people who, it can be reasonably predicted, have a great probability of being ordered to participate in acts prohibited under international law and the U.S. Constitution, i.e., crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

Recruiters directly accrue personal gain from this prohibited behavior. Matching or not superior-mandated recruiting quotas relate directly to increased/decreased pay grades. Thus, recruiters are accessories to commission of crimes and participate in a conspiracy with superiors to meet quotas (1) without regard to telling the truth, (2) through uttering various misrepresentations, and (3) perpetrating unwanted harassment.


CHARLES JENKS

Traprock Peace Center Deerfield, MA Traprockpeace.org

It is outrageous - and certainly illegal - that this student activist is, in effect, suspended if not expelled from his academic program, and potentially fired from his job, by the college’s simple action of issuing a ‘do not trespass’ notice to him. If this is an attempt by the college to evade due process requirements, it will not stand. If this was an act by the campus police acting without authority of the college, it will not stand. The law demands due process. This student may not be barred from campus, and prevented from attending classes and going to work, without a full and fair investigation and an impartial hearing of the facts. Justice demands no less.


DAVE ZIRIN

Air America Radio Author of What’s My Name Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States

It is an absolute outrage that Holyoke Community College, located in the supposed liberal confines of Western Mass., would support the police battery and banning of a student aiming to express his right to free speech. HCC is proudly standing with forces of reaction aiming to silence people with very just grievances about the direction of US foreign policy, and the mercenary way the armed forces are attempting to make up for historic shortfalls in troop recruitment. Rest assured I will use every means at my disposal to shine light upon the craven actions of this administration. Injustice always festers in darkness,


NEW YORK CITY LABOR AGAINST WAR

New York City Labor Against the War condemns the attack on Charles T. Peterson and other protesters against military recruitment. This is part of an ongoing attempt since 9/11 to silence those who speak out against unjust U.S. wars, both at home and abroad. We applaud your courage, and fully support demands made by the Anti War Coalition at Holyoke Community College.

Michael Letwin NYCLAW Co-Convener Former President, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW Local 2325


PROFESSOR PHIL GASPER

Chair, Department of Philosophy & Religion Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California Member, Professors for Peace

The attack by Holyoke Community College security officers on students peacefully protesting the presence of military recruiters on campus, has outraged members of the academic community around the country. Just as shocking is the College’s decision to ban one of the students from campus without even the pretense of impartiality or due process.

HCC’s actions are violations of the basic principles of academic freedom. They are even more reprehensible given that the victimized students have justice on their side. We are currently in the third year of an illegal and immoral war of aggression, which has killed over 100,000 people, including nearly 2,000 members of the US armed forces. Shame on HCC for assaulting and harassing students with the integrity and courage to protest the continued occupation of Iraq, the war criminals responsible for it, and the homophobic polices of the US military.


BONNIE WEINSTEIN
San Francisco Bay Area United Against War

Dear Dr. William Messner,

I called your office yesterday morning (San Francisco time) to strongly object to the treatment of counter-recruitment protesters by your college as they exercised their right to protest the attempt by the military to grab young people to fight an illegal, immoral and inhuman war.

This government has attacked a country without any provocation so it is not surprising that these kinds of attacks are happening on college campuses here in this country. It is not surprising, but it is still horrifying and will not be tolerated!

When I called your office, Dr. Messner, your secretary answered. I felt sorry for her because she was noticeably disturbed by the reports she was hearing from those of us who called about how students were being attacked at her school. But she had no way of even knowing what was actually happening. I quickly informed her that the whole country is being informed about what was taking place that day at Holyoke Community College.

To read the report this morning of what happened in detail brings shame to you, Dr. Messner and to the College. You should be fired for your handling of this incident.

The military has billions of dollars to spend hunting down its prey of human cannon fodder. You can be sure, even though we may not have the billions to spend, the recruiters will not visit campuses without there being counter-protest opposition from us! We will not go away! And, we will not let the military loose on our schools without consequences. This is a life or death situation!

Every time the military comes to Holyoke or any campus they will not be left to carry out their crimes (lying to students about the supposed advantages of military service–lies which could cost students their life) without vigorous objection being voiced by those of us opposed to military recruitment in our schools and to this government’s war objectives!

Further, there is every reason to ban the military from the campuses since they openly practice discrimination against gay people. Our campuses are supposed to be free of discriminatory practices!

The counter-recruitment movement is growing as quickly as opposition to the war is growing. Military recruiters will face opposition every where they go! And we have every right to organize these protests on school campuses, in front of recruitment offices–anywhere the military has a presence!

After all, they are carrying out an illegal war based upon lies. They demand that gay people keep silent about their own identity. They lie about every aspect of military life to dupe young people into joining. They even lie about how long new recruits will have to stay in the Armed Services.

There is nothing in campus rules that says you have to allow such lying, corrupt, homophobic organizations to contact students. In fact, schools are supposed to be places where students are protected from such organizations!

It is clear that his bi-partisan government has every intention of continuing their path of war, death and destruction to protect American big business interests. We have every intention to put a stop to their plunder!

The military has become entrenched in our schools from kindergarten to graduate school. They focus their attentions on the most disadvantaged students. This is an economic draft of the poorest of the poor and is unconscionable! We want them out of our schools and away from our children! We want money for schools not for war! If our kids want to go to college let them go! Why should they have to fight and take a chance of being killed in a war because they are too poor to go to school?

If the military wants to hunt for cannon fodder let them go to the children of the Congress and the Senate to get their bootie of recruits! Make the Bush twins sign up! Schools are no place for the military! We will continue our protests against military recruiting, you can count on it!

Which side are you on Dr. Messner? You are supposed to be on the side of students!

Sincerely,

Bonnie Weinstein,
http://www.bauaw.org


THE DAILY COLLEGIAN

October 03, 2005

University of Massachusetts Amherst

By Jeff Napolitano, Collegian columnist

This past Thursday, Sept. 29, students opposed to the illegal wars of the United States staged a demonstration against military recruiters at Holyoke Community College. These students are part of the anti-war coalition at HCC and decided that one of the key components to stopping such wars is to oppose the attempt to suck young people into it. So when the Army came to campus to recruit, these students set out with signs and flyers to do some (nonviolent) counter-recruiting. On Saturday, I talked to Charles Peterson, a member of the anti-war coalition, who confirmed the reports of the demonstration. He explained some of the context of what went on.

Last year, according to campusantiwar.net, the HCC student government passed a resolution banning military recruitment on campus. They did this in part because their school has a policy of non-discrimination, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The military's ban on citizens who are openly gay/lesbian clearly violates that policy. Harvard Law School banned military recruitment from its campus based upon the same principle, although when threatened with loss of federal funding, recently reversed their decision, citing a potential loss of $400 million in subsidies.

So when the military set up a table last week at HCC, the students were there with signs and chants, such as, "Relief Not War," "College Not Combat" and "Bring the Troops Home." Several involved students went to the recruitment table and were ignored by the recruiters as they offered flowers, asked to sign up (while professing homosexuality), and chanted. At that point, members of the College Republicans at HCC, who were standing by and taunting the protestors, moved to the table and began pushing them.

Here's where the situation really became Orwellian: although it was the College Republicans who initiated the violence, the police who were standing by rushed in and began ordering and pushing around the protestors. A "Cops are Hypocrites" sign being held by a protestor was grabbed by the police from behind the line; when he tried to get it back, a group of officers grabbed him and began pulling him over the line. At this point, Peterson said he stepped in and wrapped his arms around the kid to prevent him from being pulled over the line. Three security guards then grabbed Peterson, and while two held his arms, a third officer, Scott Landry, held a bottle to Peterson's face and maced him.

A suspicious twist to the situation is that Landry is also an advisor to the College Republican Club. He is the third advisor in the past year, after another advisor left the school due to his involvement in an "Affirmative Action Bake Sale" (a demonstration by the College Republicans meant to criticize Affirmative Action policies). That Landry was involved in a dispute between two groups (one of which he was advising) implies a direct conflict of interest; that he was guilty of macing a student, and the only officer who used such force, should bring about immediate censure and an investigation into his actions.

If we lived in a rational, intelligent world, in which violence and blind authority were looked down upon, we would expect a strong condemnation of police action and immediate remediation by the HCC administration. If we lived in a sane, compassionate world, in which those who peacefully and loudly oppose wholesale death and destruction were applauded, then those anti-war protestors would receive an apology and the military would receive a swift kick in the ass off campus.

But we don't live in that world. We live in a world in which Peterson, the maced student, received a restraining order from campus police. We live in a world in which the administration allows its police to attack members of the student body with impunity. We live in a world in which President Messner of HCC, a moral coward, gets on TV and talks about the possibility of losing federal aid if the recruiters are not allowed to prey upon the student body.

In a press release from HCC, Messner neglected to mention that due to a 1999 amendment to the Solomon Amendment, financial aid cannot be revoked from a school, regardless of whether recruiters are allowed on campus or not. The Pentagon could presumably withhold research funding, but given that HCC is not a research university, one would think that Messner would put the school's own nondiscrimination policy, the will of the student body and basic morality above such a threat.

The situation of students in Holyoke should strike a chord with students at UMass Amherst. "The military is coming to HCC because of the vulnerable members of society that go here," Peterson said. The working-class, underprivileged nature of many in the student body is an opportunity of which the military takes advantage.

Peterson surmised, "You wouldn't see this same reaction at Smith, or Mount Holyoke." Although the student population at UMass is from a more privileged background, the military certainly has targeted the school for recruitment. On any given warm day, you'll find the black and red (camouflaged?) Hummer on HCC's campus, with its built-in PS/2 video games and expensive LCD screens. Does anyone really believe the military is doing the student body any good by pretending that playing "Halo 2" out the back of a pimped out Hummer is what you'll expect as you get your limbs blown off in Iraq?

While our government is engaged in illegal actions around the globe, we have to make a decision: which world do we want to live in? Do we want to be those who sanction violence and death, or do we want to be with those that oppose it? With the majority of the people in the U.S. currently opposed to the Iraqi war, there's plenty of opportunity to be on the side of the rational and compassionate.

You can start by attending the UMass Anti-war Coalition meeting today, at 3 p.m. in the Graduate Lounge in the Campus Center. Members from the HCC branch will be there, and will tell you about the kind of world we should live in. I suggest those concerned with determining what kind of world we should live in attend, for there are few opportunities in which the choice between "civilization" and "barbarism" is so clear.



Melee of the Young Republican Berserkers

Desperation at Holyoke

By VIJAY PRASHAD

The scene has thoroughly changed. The late September anti-war demonstration comes at a time when nation-wide support for the War on Iraq plummets. Calls for a troop withdrawal escalate among the political elite, as the warmongers shift their rationale for the war shamelessly. We went there to prevent a 9/11; if we leave it might provoke a 9/11. The shadow of 9/11 is itself being overrun by the floodwaters of Louisiana. General George Casey, son of another General George Casey of Cambodia, announced in late September that the troop cutbacks hinted at in the Spring would not happen, as the "situation has changed a little bit." The "little" here refers to the massive upsurge of resistance attacks: the US strategy appears to be to isolate the mainly Sunni resistance, and thereby create the basis for a general religio-ethnic civil war. Let the natives fight among themselves, and soon the only justification needed for the imperial forces to remain is that they must play umpire. Such is the unique logic of colonial rule: divide et impera, divide and conquer.

No longer the confidence of popularity. Now the Boy-Emperor's swagger seems tired. But there is no slackness in the will of the warmongers. Recruitment is done for the planetary bloodletting. Among the working-class there is now little care for the shibboleths of patriotism, when the only thing that seems to matter to the political and economic elite is the patriotism of the bottom line. The Generals are nervous, and the ante is up.

At Holyoke Community College (HCC), in Holyoke, Massachusetts, one of the many educational institutions that cater mainly to the working-class, the iron fist flew through the velvet glove. On Thursday, September 29, 2005, the Army National Guard sent its recruiters to the campus, where the student Anti-War Coalition met them. According to a statement by the college authorities, the altercation between the recruiters and the anti-war protestors created a disruption in the cafeteria and led to "an escalating display of emotions." Campus security intervened, and, again according to the college authorities, "the anti-war group chose to ignore [a student code of conduct] we had established to ensure the safety of all, and endangered the safety of the recruiters, students and others present." The campus cops hit a student with pepper spray, and the state police showed up. Arrests followed, as did the subsequent retaliatory punishment against one student, sophomore Charles Peterson.

The college conveniently avoided any mention of the Campus Republicans, who came in force to back the recruiters, and according to Peterson, who was sprayed by the cops, the Republican Youth went berserk and started to assault the anti-war protestors. The authorities also did not mention that one of the campus cops (Officer Scott Landry) is an advisor to the Young Republicans. When the state cops appeared, they came in full battle gear, ready to create Falluja in Holyoke. Some students report that the state police pointed guns at them.

Keep in mind that in June 2003, an HCC student, James Lacey committed suicide after he returned from his "tour of duty" in Iraq. At the memorial service for Lacey, his friend from HCC and fellow veteran, Sean Lamory pointed out that the reservists and National Guard are bearing the burden of the Iraq War. They "join the military for free college and benefits," he said, not because they are especially patriotic. (In September 2005, the Educational Policy Institute released a report on student debt that showed how much of a burden it is for US college students - who pay market rates on their student loans. ROTC makes financial, if immoral, sense in this vise). Lamory went on, "I see it right here at HCC, a school where a lot of students struggle financially and come out of class to see a fancy Hummer, surrounded by Marines in full-dress uniforms making all sorts of promises." This is the context for the animosity among many students at places like HCC against the military recruiters.

The violence is a sign of desperation: a similar incident occurred the same day at George Washington University, when the police went after Tariq Khan, an air force veteran, who stood before the army recruiting station with a sign, "Recruiters tell Lies." He was violently removed from the scene. This violence is also visible in the way the recruiters went among the refugees of Hurricane Katrina, before FEMA officials. They are vultures who feast on tragedy. The recruiters in the Astrodome are matched only by the fetid provision in the No Child Left Behind Act that automatically collects the names and addresses of under-age children for military recruiters.

As consent slips away, we learnt from Gramsci, coercion begins its ugly march into the light. We might be at this stage.

But there are still some tasks before us. The Anti-War Coalition, at HCC, has produced four unimpeachable demands:

(1) An immediate, unconditional public apology from the college.

(2) A pledge of non-retaliation against the activists involved.

(3) A thorough and impartial investigation into these incidents.

(4) That the military recruiters not be allowed back to our college, as their actions and those of the military discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation, in violation of Massachusetts law and college policy. Furthermore, the military is engaging in an economic draft against working class and poor people in an attempt to buttress this nation's illegal war against Iraq.

Call Dr. William Messner, President of HCC at 413-552-2222. Show him that we can put as much pressure on him as the establishment has already done.

Vijay Prashad teaches at Trinity College, Hartford, CT. His latest book is Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses: Debt, Prison, Workfare (Boston: South End Press). His essay, "Capitalism's Warehouses", appears in CounterPunch's new book, Dime's Worth of Difference. He can be reached at: vijay.prashad@trincoll.edu


Informant: Ashley Smith

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Opposing Campus Repression: Cindy Sheehan and activists lift up students http://tinyurl.com/9eust

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Solidarity March With Anti-War Students

The UMass-Amherst Anti-War coalition, has called for a peaceful mass march at Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, on Thursday, October 6 at 11am, to demonstrate our determination to preserve freedom of speech on our university and college campuses and resist police repression of anti-war students.

http://www.traprockpeace.org/counter_recruitment/


From Information Clearing House

Among those wanted in connection with the operation, which led to the man - Abu Omar - being tortured in Egypt, is a 38-year-old female CIA agent who was working as a diplomat at the US embassy in Rome and is said to have led the operation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10473.htm

Washington is shielding him from prosecution for masterminding the 1976 terrorist bombing of a Cuban jetliner carrying passengers from Venezuela, in which 73 people were killed.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/sep2005/posa-s29_prn.shtml


From Information Clearing House

"I am slowly dying in this solitary prison cell," says Omar Deghayes, a British refugee and Guantánamo Bay prisoner. "I have no rights, no hope. So why not take my destiny into my own hands, and die for a principle?"

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051017/smith


From Information Clearing House

by Mike Whitney

Evil cannot be stopped by reason, but only by putting oneself in harms way and obstructing the perpetrator. Every act of non-violence diffuses the power of evil.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10465.htm

Or, We Are All Torturers Now

By Ted Rall

Never miss the Saturday paper. Because it's the skimpiest and least-circulated edition of the week, it's the venue of choice for lowballing the stories the government can't completely cover up. September 24's New York Times, for example, contained the bombshell revelation that the U.S. government continues to torture innocent men, women and children in Iraq.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10459.htm

Only 22 senators had the courage to stand up for women's rights when it mattered. NOW applauds those senators who voted to reject this dangerous nominee, and it is unfortunate that the courageous actions of a few are overshadowed by the fall-in-line politics of so many more.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/093005WA.shtml

The number of people out of work because of Hurricane Katrina has reached 279,000, and many more job losses are expected because of Hurricane Rita. The lost jobs, coupled with surging energy prices, are expected to deliver a sharp blow to overall economic growth in the second half of this year.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/093005LA.shtml

There's a stark difference in the way the US confronted an oil crisis when Democrats were in control, compared to the way it has now that Republicans dominate. Morris: President Carter was indeed asking for individual sacrifice; but as a small part of an aggressive, national campaign. President Bush is asking for individual sacrifice instead of an aggressive campaign.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/093005EC.shtml

Borowski: Our nation's wildlife needs a voice, an articulate and passionate voice that scorns continued compromise and timidity. Successfully passed, Pombo's blueprint for extinction will doom thousands of species. An opposing voice must resonate from the United States Senate.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/093005EB.shtml

Six in 10 women who have served in the National Guard and Reserves say they were sexually harassed or assaulted, but less than one-quarter reported it and many who did were encouraged to drop their complaints, a government survey says.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/093005R.shtml

Does the public favor an investigation into grounds for impeachment of President Bush? We have no way of knowing, because the pollsters aren't asking. The After Downing Street coalition has begun collecting donations to hire mainstream professional pollsters to ask the questions that need to be asked. It doesn't take much money, but can have a tremendous impact. Learn more and contribute here:

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/polling



Keeping Pressure on Congress

We need to build on the momentum of the the recent demonstrations by having each member of Congress hear personally from you, their direct constituents, to demand that Congress pass legislation to end the war now, refuse any additional funding for the war, prohibit the establishment of permanent military bases in Iraq, and investigate the claims of the Bush administration that were used to justify the war. Go to:

http://www.millionphonemarch.com



Tomdispatch Interview with Cindy Sheehan
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/3204



The Relevance of Marching: A Reply to David Corn
By David Swanson

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/3203



Permanent Occupation

By Rep. Barbara Lee, In These Times

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/3207



George Bush in Hell
by David Michael Green

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/3167



A Grassroots Organizer’s Perspective: PDA Strategy Day

By Mike Hersh, PDA

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/3180



Grassroots Lobby Day

By Mike Hersh, PDA

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/3181



What Noble Cause? Vietnam Combat Veteran Not Welcome at Vietnam War Memorial

By Jozef Hand-Boniakowski

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/3197



Notes on London Interviews With Iraqis Re Peace Process

By Tom Hayden

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/3219



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=impeach
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Downing+Street+Memo

By Bill Sammon
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
September 27, 2005

President Bush yesterday sought to federalize hurricane-relief efforts, removing governors from the decision-making process.

"It wouldn't be necessary to get a request from the governor or take other action," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said yesterday. "This would be," he added, "more of an automatic trigger."

Mr. McClellan was referring to a new, direct line of authority that would allow the president to place the Pentagon in charge of responding to natural disasters, terrorist attacks and outbreaks of disease.

"It may require change of law," Mr. Bush said yesterday. "It's very important for us as we look at the lessons of Katrina to think about other scenarios that might require a well-planned, significant federal response -- right off the bat -- to provide stability."

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) accused Mr. Bush of attempting a power grab in the wake of fierce criticism that he responded too slowly to Hurricane Katrina a month ago.

"Using the military in domestic law enforcement is generally a very bad idea," said Timothy Edgar, national security policy counsel for the ACLU. "I'm afraid that it will have unforeseen consequences for civil liberties."

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour declined the president's offer to federalize the state's National Guard troops in the aftermath of Katrina. So Mr. Bush wants Congress to consider empowering the Pentagon with automatic control. [...] Read the rest at: http://tinyurl.com/dwusf


© Virginia Metze

David Sirota, through Working for Change, is asking people to tell DeLay and Frist to resign immediately.

Web sites are:
http://tinyurl.com/7rfuv (Tom Delay) and
http://tinyurl.com/b8z36 (Frist)


© Virginia Metze

Scandal: Karl Rove and Jack Abramoff

By R. Jeffrey SmithWashington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 23, 2005; Page A06

Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff bragged two years ago that he was in contact with White House political aide Karl Rove on behalf of a large, Bermuda-based corporation that wanted to avoid incurring some taxes and continue receiving federal contracts, according to a written statement by President Bush's nominee to be deputy attorney general.

Timothy E. Flanigan, general counsel for conglomerate Tyco International Ltd., said in a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week that Abramoff's lobbying firm initially boasted that Abramoff could help Tyco fend off a special liability tax because he "had good relationships with members of Congress," including House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.).
Abramoff later said "he had contact with Mr. Karl Rove" about the issue, according to the statement by Flanigan, who oversaw Tyco's dealings with Abramoff and his firm and received reports from Abramoff about progress in the lobbying campaign. Flanigan's statement is the latest indication that Abramoff promoted himself as having ready access to senior officials in the Bush administration. [...] Read it at: http://tinyurl.com/bshdh


© Virginia Metze

Robert Scheer
latimes.com: Opinion
September 27, 2005

CRONY CAPITALISM is the name of the Republican game. Their slogan is "take care of your friends and leave the risks of the free market for the suckers." That would be John Q. Public.

From Halliburton's overcharging in Iraq to Enron's manipulation of the California energy crisis and now the emerging hurricane reconstruction boondoggle, we witness what happens when the federal government is turned into a glorified help desk and ATM machine for politically connected corporations.

But the defining case study on the deep corruption of the Bush administration and the GOP is emerging from the myriad investigations of well-connected Republican fundraiser and lobbyist Jack Abramoff. For starters, Abramoff, a $100,000-plus fundraiser for George W. Bush's presidential campaigns, is under federal indictment on wire fraud and conspiracy charges. He is also under congressional and FBI investigations. [...] Read the rest at: http://tinyurl.com/8gcwa


© Virginia Metze

http://www.lewrockwell.com/featherstone/featherstone40.html



Cindy Sheehan
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Sheehan

T'enviem el text integre de la proposta d'Estatut de Catalunya.

De vegades cal fer un petit esforç per assegurar el futur del nostre pais. Cal llegir l'original per poder opinar amb criteri propi.

http://www.elperiodico.com/info/suplementos/estatut/pdf/estatut.pdf

Pots enviar un email al PSOE infopsoe@psoe.es per demostrar la teva adhesió al projecte d'Estatut de Catalunya, pulsant aquí.

Els polítics ja han fet la seva feina. Ara ens cal fer-ho a nosaltres.

Si tens algú a qui aquest email pot interessar. Reenvia-l'hi.

Gràcies.

Plymouth Evening Herald

Be the first reader to comment on this story
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12:00 - 30 September 2005

Drivers passing Freedom Fields Park yesterday were amazed to see a huge 45ft mock mobile phone mast made entirely out of tubing.

The structure was put together by protesters who wanted to illustrate the antenna mobile phone company O2 is planning to install on the eastern edge of the park.

Crowds of protesters gathered around it calling on drivers and passers-by to support their objections against the controversial proposal and sign letters which will be sent to Plymouth City Council. Campaigners are urging residents to lodge complaints before a consultation deadline next Tuesday.

Objections range from the possible dangers to health in the built-up areas of Lipson and St Judes to the belief that there has been inadequate consultation with the public.

Protesters, who have already held two public meetings, also say the 15m high mast at the Lipson Road entrance will create an eyesore next to a park, also a heritage site.

O2 has previously said there is no evidence to suggest that signals from mobile phone masts affected people's health.

Omega this is not true. See under:
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Wissenschaft+zu+Mobilfunk/ and
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Cancer+Cluster
http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_science.html

Visit the protesters' website at
http://www.fightforfreedomfields.co.uk

Bath Chronicle

11:00 - 30 September 2005

The future of a sports club in Larkhall has been brought into doubt by the rejection of plans to build a mobile phone mast in its grounds. Larkhall Sports Club, home of Larkhall Athletic Football Club, had applied with mobile phone giant Orange to put up a 15-metre telecommunications mast with three antennae and two dishes at its Charlcombe Lane grounds.

But the phone mast, which would have resulted in financial income for the club, has been turned down by Bath and North East Somerset Council.

Larkhall Athletic has recently had six match floodlights and two training floodlights installed at the ground as part of a £125,000 improvement project.

Club chairman Tony Grace said he was outraged at the decision to refuse the latest scheme.

"This is nothing but a disgrace," he said. "It jeopardises the future of the football club."

Last year a separate proposal by Orange to erect an antenna close to the nearby junction of Charlcombe Lane and Colliers Lane was met with anger by local residents, who said the 66ft mast would be a blot on the landscape.

The council was forced to delay its decision last autumn when more than 250 letters of objection were sent in, but it was eventually refused at the beginning of July.

Cllr Bryan Chalker (Con, Lambridge) said he had mixed feelings about the most recent application, which was just outside his own ward.

"I sympathise with the football club," he said. "They are short of cash and over the years, a lot of work has been put in. Some of the guys have been involved for years.

"But I also feel for the residents who do not want to live near these masts."

A spokeswoman for Orange said it was considering the possibility of appealing against the council's decision.

The club and phone company Hutchinson 3G had previously received permission from B &NES to erect a mast at the ground, but the club says it is now unlikely that Hutchinson will go through with its plan.

http://westchesterweekly.com/gbase/News/content?oid=oid:127517


Informant: mojo_j_2000

http://www.omega-news.info/kundgebung.doc
http://www.omega-news.info/zum_verteilen.doc

Von: Arbeitsloseninitiative Thüringen
arbeitsloseninitiative-thuer@web.de
Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 09:34

Am 6.10.2005 bringt die Landesregierung den Haushalt 2006/2007 in den Landtag ein:

Seit vorigem Jahr werden für Vereine ersatzlos die Landesförderungen gestrichen.

Bis heute ist jeder für sich alleine gestorben.

Entweder wir sterben jetzt alle oder wir kämpfen endlich gemeinsam, damit auch in Zukunft die sozial Schwachen ein Sprachrohr haben!

Deshalb mobilisiert zur Kundgebung am

06.10.2005 um 10.00 Uhr vor dem Thüringer Landtag.

DGB-Kommentar: die Landesregierung steigt aus der Arbeitslosenförderung aus!

2006 soll das Landesprogramm "Arbeit für Thüringen" um 57,8 % (12,7 Mio.) gekürzt werden. Zum Vergleich: noch 2001 wurden noch 104,8 Mio. bei deutlich geringerer Arbeitslosigkeit und deutlich höherem Beschäftigungsstand aufwendet. Streichungen seit 2001: 91,2 % bzw. 95,5 Mio. Quelle: TMF, Einzelplan 07, DGB-Berechnungen.

FCNL

This week, thanks to all your letters, emails, and phone calls, the Senate defense appropriations subcommittee cut funding for the nuclear "bunker buster" weapon. However, our work is not done. The Senate military authorization bill, which senators could vote on next week (by October 7), contains funding for the bunker buster.

Your senator is one of seven key members of Congress who could provide a crucial vote to cut funding for the nuclear bunker buster weapon. When the military authorization legislation comes to the floor of the full Senate, Sen. Ted Kennedy (MA) will offer an amendment to delete funding for the bunker buster. Please contact your senator to tell him or her to support the Kennedy amendment to the defense authorization bill.

Take Action Today

Senators Bayh (IN), Domenici (NM), Ben Nelson (NE), Bill Nelson (FL), Smith (OR), Snowe (ME), and Specter (PA) could provide the critical votes that will determine the outcome of the Kennedy amendment. They especially need to hear messages from their constituents asking them to support the Kennedy amendment on bunker busters.

Please email your senator and tell him or her to support the Kennedy amendment to the defense authorization bill. You can write to your senator from FCNL's web site:

http://capwiz.com/fconl/issues/alert/?alertid=8070211&type=TA.

You will need to enter your zip code to see the sample letter.


Stop New Nuclear Weapons! Find out how, http://www.fcnl.org/nuclear


Informant: David Culp

The universe of federal political appointees goes beyond Cabinet secretaries and their deputies and principal assistants. Lower-level "Schedule C" and other appointed jobs pay at the civil service scale and don't need to be confirmed by the Senate. Their numbers grew 24 percent from 2000 to 2004 and are included in the Plum Book, which is formally known as "United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/093005K.shtml

Records on file with the Federal Election Commission show that since 2003, Blunt's political action committee has paid $94,000 in salary to the consulting firm of Jim Ellis, a longtime associate of DeLay. Ellis has been indicted in the same case as DeLay, for allegedly conspiring to illegally influence the outcome of Texas legislative elections by channeling corporate money to Republican candidates.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/093005J.shtml

Reuters has told the US government that American forces' conduct towards journalists in Iraq is "spiraling out of control" and preventing full coverage of the war reaching the public.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/093005I.shtml

URGENT -HAS TO BE DONE TODAY

Sorry for the short notice, but this comment WILL count. PLEASE SEND FAR AND WIDE AS SOON AS YOU HAVE SENT YOUR EMAIL. Remember to include your name and address.

We have 36 hours to help ensure that every American vote will be counted in the 2008 election and beyond. The Federal Election Assistance Commission closes the public comment period on their proposed Voluntary Voting System Guidelines at 5 p.m. this Friday, September 30, 2005.

NOW IS THE TIME!!!

Please send an email with the following phrase or whatever you would like to express on the proposed guidelines immediately to votingsystemguidelines@eac.gov . Many technical people are submitting detailed comments, but we learned yesterday that governments around the world are WATCHING to see what America - YOU - think.

I want Section 6.8 to require a voter-verified paper audit trail for ALL voters and voting systems. It should be mandatory. The reasons why should be obvious.

The current proposal does NOT require voter-verified paper audit trail.

(I also added the following:)

Also to be included in the proposed guidelines:

- No secret, proprietary code for any voting systems.

- No voting machine companies to be used as the "central tabulating" center during elections or in any other capacity.

- No voting machine employee or executive, no state official or state employee that is involved in election planning or execution can be associated with any particular party's political campaign. (e.g. Blackwell as Sec. of State of Ohio AND Chairman of the Republican Party in Ohio - ridiculous and obviously flagrant conflict of interest.)

Signed,

Your name and address.

For fair elections, Nancy Wallace Co-founder, TrueVoteMD.org
Bobbie Brinegar Senior Political Adviser, VerifiedVoting.org

Nancy Wallace
nwallace@fastmail.fm


Informant: Andrea Ball

Ziervögel: Artenschützer fordern Wildvogel-Importverbot (30.09.05)

Anlässlich des Welttierschutztages am 4. Oktober macht die Artenschutzorganisation Pro Wildlife auf "das tödliche Geschäft mit Wildvögeln" aufmerksam: Etwa 3,5 Millionen Vögel würden jährlich der Natur entrissen, um die Nachfrage nach Papageien, Beos, Prachtfinken und anderen "Ziervögeln" allein in der EU zu decken. Die Hälfte dieser Tiere sterbe bereits bei Fang, Lagerung und Transport in den Herkunftsländern, die restlichen 1,75 Mio. Tiere würden "in Kisten gepfercht" und "völlig legal" in die EU gebracht. Eine Studie der Artenschutzorganisation von PRO WILDLIFE zeige, wie dieser Handel immer neue Arten an den Rand der Ausrottung treibe. Mit 87 Prozent der Importe sei die EU mit Abstand weltgrößter Abnehmer von Ziervögeln aus freier Wildbahn. Weit über 200 Tier- und Naturschutzverbände forderten von der EU, "den grausamen Vogelimport endlich zu verbieten". Auch zur Bekämpfung der Vogelgrippe sei ein solcher Schritt "längst überfällig", heißt es bei Pro Wildlife.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=11971

V wrote:

We are going to see huge climate changes into the near future. The polar ice caps are melting not because the greenhouse effect, but because the increasing solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth. We are into an enlightening process that takes place also in the physical world, which is good news for sungazers.

The following info is from
http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2005/05/10/global-warming-something-new-under-the-sun/

Judging from three papers in the May 6 issue of Science, the amount of incoming solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth has increased dramatically in the last two decades.

If we average the results of Pinker et al. and Wild et al., we get 3.55 W/m2 for the period 1985 to 2000. To this we add 2.06 W/m2 from 2000 to 2004 and get 5.61 W/m2. If we divide this by 0.6 W/m2 (the total change in greenhouse forcing from 1985 to 2004, we get 9.35. The added forcing from increased solar radiation reaching the earth's surface has contributed nearly 10 times as much energy as greenhouse changes!

Enhanced greenhouse gases are inconsequential compared to the tremendous increase in solar energy hitting the surface. Apparently few want to admit to this.

The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, in 1991, lowered the amount of incoming solar radiation by about 1.5 W/m2 and subsequently dropped the surface temperature about a half of a degree within two years. A clear cause and effect. The rises now purported in solar radiation are several times larger than that.

If somehow we are wrong (a rare event), then greenhouse warming is over, as the sensitivity of the earth's temperature to carbon dioxide has been grossly overestimated. Believe us, we'd like to hope the latter is correct, but we have to call things in the most logical fashion.


Petre

Please find a new paper attached:

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/lebm_balmori.pdf

I hope it contributes to clarify the environmental and health serious problem of the mobile telephony. Thanks for your interest.

Best regards,

Alfonso Balmori.
Spain


From Mast Sanity

RESIDENTS have vowed to fight plans to build a mobile phone mast in the heart of their Chester community.

Vodafone wants to install a 15m pole at the Fox Barracks to introduce 3G coverage in the Moston area.

Householders near the proposed development received letters from the firm outlining its plans and asking for views and comments.

The mobile phone company chose the barracks after plans for a mast in the Demage Lane area were dropped following consultation with residents.

But the new site is likely to meet with similar opposition. One resident, Hayley Noden, said she was extremely worried about the plans.

Mrs Noden, a mother-of-two and who also has a step daughter, said: “I am really concerned about this mast being put there. We do not want to be living near a mast, especially when it has not been proved that they are safe. There will be children living and playing near this mast and that really worries me. It also concerns me that it is a 3G mast and they operate at an even higher frequency. Apart from that I think it would be a bit of an eyesore. This mast is not going to be hidden.

“We are only a small community and we are all against this. We do not want this mast here.”

A spokesman for Vodafone said: “Vodafone is in the process of securing a suitable site at Fox Barracks for a new radio base station in order to introduce 3G service to the Moston area.

Equipment

“The proposed mobile base station would consist of a 15m-high parallel column with three antennas and associated ancillary equipment. It is considered that at this height, the installation will be better assimilated into the street scene and therefore not have a detrimental impact upon the visual amenity of the area, However, we are inviting comments on this proposal in advance of our formal planning submission to Chester City Council.”

http://www.chestereveningleader.co.uk/ihome3/detail.asp?storyid=472&officeid=15

NOW goes inside the management mess at FEMA.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/092905P.shtml

Two of three men charged with the mob-style hit of a businessman a few months after he sold a fleet of casino boats to Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff were ordered held without bond Wednesday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/092905J.shtml

David Sirota explores how the Katrina catastrophe proves that conservatives' tax cut zealotry has left America vulnerable to disaster.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/092905G.shtml

Yesterday's indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) represented one of the most significant blows the party has suffered in a year replete with problems. Bush has been the party's public face. But in Washington, DeLay has been an iron force. With muscle and determination, DeLay ruled the inside game, and his indictment is therefore all the more significant.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/092905B.shtml

From: CODEPINK <codepink@democracyinaction.org>

September 29, 2005

We have just come out of a glorious week of anti-war activities. CODEPINK activists from all over the c ountry converged on Washington DC to join over 300,000 others in a massive rally and march on Saturday, while others participated in spirited rallies in cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle.

In DC, w e started the day with a fabulous pre-rally in the morning, where we were joined by Cindy Sheehan, Joan Baez, Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, actress Margot Kidder, Iraq veteran Camilo Mejia and thousands of supporters. We then moved together in a sea of pink to join the march, keeping up a joyous tone w ith our chants, our songs and our “sister spirit.” The march was so huge that you couldn’t find the beginning or the end -- just waves and waves of people united in our call to end the killing.

On Monday many CODEPINK women took our anti-war message to the halls of Congress, joining more than 800 others in the largest-ever pro-peace lobby day organized by United for Peace and Justice. We urged our representatives to take every action to stop this war, support legislation to bring the troops home, stop building permanent bases in Iraq, and forbid schools from sharing student information with military recruiters without parental permission.

Also on Monday, a CODEPINK contingent went to the gate of the White House to deliver boxes and boxes of ‘reasons to end the war’ gathered from our www.onemillionreasons.org site, as well as from organizations such as MoveOn, Progressive Democrats of America and True Majority. Following that, a group of religious leaders sat in prayer in front of the White House, and 375 of us -- including Cindy Sheehan and other military families, veterans and 36 CODEPINK women -- joined them. Protesting in front of the White House in today’s America is a crime, and because we refused to move, we were arrested for “demonstrating without a permit.” One by one, we were dragged off, handcuffed, put in a paddy wagon or a bus, and shepherded through a LONG bureaucratic process of booking and fingerprinting that went on until the wee hours of the morning. We left exhausted but elated by our act of civil disobedience and the camaraderie we felt with each other.

Our week of action also included organizing an anti-corruption squad that protested in front of the DC office of Halliburton, a peace flotilla that went out in paddle boats onto the DC Tidal Basin with the call “Make Levees Not War,” A large vigil at Walter Reed hospital in support of wounded soldiers and vets, a premiere showing of Patricia Foulkrod’s searing film Ground Truth about the shattered lives of returning Iraq vets, a beautiful event at the Green Festival with authors from our Stop the Next War Now book, and a booth at the Peace and Justice fair on the Washington Mall. On top of that, we helped Cindy Sheehan with her packed schedule of talks, interviews and congressional meetings. Whew!!!

Please check out the amazing photos and blogs on our site http://www.codepink4peace.org/gallery.phpto see the breadth and depth of our actions this week. We are now home catching our breath, reuniting with our families, planning for what is next and recharging our batteries for the work ahead. We want to send a huge thanks to all who joined us in Washington or their local rallies, to the staff and volunteers who worked so hard to make this such an amazing week, and to all of you whose generous support and encouragement keep us going.

With hope and thanks,

Alicia, Andrea, Dana, Farida, Gael, Grace, Jodie, Medea, Rae, and Tiffany


Informant: Martin Greenhut

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 29, 2005 11:01 AM


CONTACT: Meet with the Mothers, http://meetwiththemothers.org Karen Pomer 310.463.7025 Shay Lohman 626.833.0105

Cindy Sheehan Holds US Leaders 'Feet to the Fire' on Iraq - DC

WASHINGTON - September 29 - Cindy Sheehan Meets With Top Democratic and Republican Representatives: Urges Them to Increase Their Leadership in Ending the War in Iraq Thursday's Schedule Includes House Democratic Leader Pelosi, Sen. Dole, Sen. Obama, and Sen. Durbin

Sheehan and her Supporters Pledge to Hold Both Democratic and Republican Leaders ‘Feet to the Fire’ to ‘Bring the Troops Home Now’ From a War That a Record Two-Thirds of Americans Recently Polled Say President Bush is Mishandling

WHEN: Thursday, September 29th at 5:30 PM

WHERE: NEW LOCATION DUE TO RAIN: Outside office of Sen. Barack Obama 713 Hart Senate Office Building.

WHAT: Media availability with Cindy Sheehan to discuss meetings with top Democratic and Republican representatives, her week in Washington, including Saturday's 100,000 - 300,000 person march and rally against the war, and her arrest outside the White House along with 370 others. Sheehan will be flying back to California after the media availability.

Cindy Sheehan, the grieving military mother whose August vigil outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas focused the nation's attention on the human cost of the Iraq war, will be available for interviews on Thursday, September 29, after meetings with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Senator Barack Obama (D-ILL.), Senator Richard Durbin (D-ILL.), and Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), regarding their leadership in bringing our troops home from Iraq immediately.

Sheehan's son Casey, of Vacaville, CA, was killed in Sadr City while serving in the Army in April 2004.

“So far this month 43 American troops and many more Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq. Our Representatives and Senators must take responsibility for this war, and take action to bring an end to it,” Sheehan said.

''We have gone after Democrats as strongly as Republicans leaders. We believe a strong—a good Democratic or Republican leader or candidate has to stand up and say, it‘s a war based on lies. We should never have gone there. We shouldn't be there. And let‘s lead our troops out now."

In addition to urging Congress members to bring the troops home from Iraq, she will also implore them to use U.S. tax dollars to pay for hurricane relief and reconstruction instead of war and destruction in Iraq.

"We intend to hold these Democratic or Republican leaders 'feet to the fire' until they lead the way Americans wants them to. According to recent polls a record two-thirds of Americans say the war is being mishandled by President Bush and a majority want to cut spending to the war to pay for hurricane relief,'' said Sheehan.

A recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll , reported that 59% said they considered the 2003 invasion of Iraq a mistake, 63% said they wanted to see some or all U.S. troops withdrawn from that country and 54% told pollsters they favor cutting spending on the war to pay for disaster relief.

Only 39% said the invasion of Iraq was the right thing to have done. Support for Bush's management of the war in Iraq has dropped to 32%, with 67% telling pollsters they disapproved of how Bush is prosecuting the conflict.

Since Sheehan’s vigil in Crawford ended on Aug. 31, she and other military families, Iraq war veterans, and peace activists have taken the vigil to congressional district offices throughout the country, in an effort to hold members of Congress and the President accountable for the devastation in Iraq.

In a letter she wrote to Congress in late August, she said, “President Bush sent our sons and daughters to war in Iraq. Congress gave him the authority to do so. That's why we are now turning to you, the elected officials who have the power to declare wars -- and end wars.”

So far, Sheehan has visited the offices of Senators John McCain, Richard Lugar, John Kerry, Hilary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Charles Schumer, and Edward Kennedy, as well as Congressmen Tom Delay, Mark Kirk, Dennis Hastert, Charles Rangel, Henry Waxman, Lloyd Doggett, and others. During the meetings, she asks Congress members the simple questions she wanted to ask President Bush: What is the "noble cause " that brave Americans like Casey Sheehan have died for? How many more lives are we as a country willing to sacrifice in Iraq? How many are you personally willing to sacrifice? What are you specifically doing to bring our sons and daughters home from this needless war?

Meet with the Mothers is the new Congressional Campaign of Cindy Sheehan and Gold Star Families for Peace. Gold Star Families for Peace is taking the same questions that Cindy was seeking answers to from the President and now taking them to every Member of Congress and Senator for their response. They are working to hold every Member of Congress and Senator accountable along with the President.

http://meetwiththemothers.org


Informant: John Calvert



Cindy Sheehan
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Sheehan

by Kim Petersen

Since right-wingers have successfully co-opted supposedly left-wing political parties (examples are rife: Clinton’s neoliberalism under the sponsorship of the Democratic Party in the United States; Blair and the Labour Party in Britain; Chrétien and Martin with the Liberal Party in Canada; and most glaringly, Deng Xiao Peng’s obliteration of the people’s revolution led by the Communist Party in China), it would hardly be surprising that right-wingers have masterly encroached into progressive media. Indeed right-wing sources fund many progressive media. Having said that, a serious problem of method and principle arise when decidedly progressive writers and keen observers of the American Empire adopt the analytical methodology and vocabulary of imperialist decision makers and their think tanks. In addressing such a phenomenon, I must emphasize that it seems rather odd that at a moment such as this when reactionary, criminal forces control the West and when all progressive elements of society must harness their energy to confront the enemies of civilization sitting in Washington, London, Paris, Ottawa, and Moscow, I have to take on progressive writers....

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Sept05/Petersen0929.htm

by Nicholas Birns

Our perception of Lori Berenson has been clouded by a bewildering recent series of rulings and counter-findings surrounding her case. Lori Berenson has been imprisoned in Peru for almost ten years for allegedly conspiring with terrorists. (The grim anniversary of her imprisonment is upcoming in November). New challenges and complications in the Andean region and its neighbors have only exacerbated the situation. In his Second Inaugural Address, President Bush strongly endorsed liberal-humanitarian interventionism, saying: “The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.” Yet the reach of this rhetorical vision of freedom is not meant to stretch to every corner of the globe. In spite of this shortcoming, we must reanimate our awareness of the Berenson case, placing it in the new context of the Bush administration’s worldwide proactive democratic aspirations. This article will illuminate why this case is so important to any reexamination of the values of American foreign policy....

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Sept05/Birns0929.htm

by Ray McGovern, TomPaine.com

With the worst of the photos on the way, we cannot let enlisted soldiers take the fall for a criminal chain of command.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050930/abu_ghraib_command_responsibility.php

Some voice doubt leader will return to House position

By Rick Klein, Globe Staff | September 30, 2005

WASHINGTON -- The united front Republicans built to support ousted House majority leader Tom DeLay showed signs of crumbling yesterday, with conservatives threatening a leadership challenge and some moderate Republicans saying they don't think DeLay, facing criminal conspiracy charges in Texas, will ever come back to House leadership.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/09/30/cracks_seen_in_gop_front_on_delay/


Informant: John Calvert

This is an incredible Power Point Presentation sent in from Richard L. If anyone has a way to convert this over to another format for those who can't view Power Point please do so and repost. Very good shots.

Dani

The Great USA Katrina PowerPoint Presentation

Full of Pictures From Katrina. 3.29 MB

Right Click And Save Target As
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Just moments ago, the U.S. House of Representatives hastily - and narrowly - approved the first major changes to the Endangered Species Act since 1988. This vote represents the most serious attack on endangered species protections I have seen in the nearly 30 years I have been working on these issues.

As the debate on this legislation moves to the Senate, Environmental Defense is calling on leaders there to proceed more cautiously. In the days and weeks ahead, we will be enlisting your support as the fight in the Senate heats up.

Today's vote in the House takes direct aim at our endangered species protections. It complicates both listing new species and implementing recovery plans for species already on the list. Unfortunately, the losers are the nation's bald eagles, ocelots, grizzly bears, ivory-billed woodpeckers and other endangered species. Learn more about the vote:

http://actionnetwork.org/ct/51aYwHs16ztY/

The Senate has an opportunity to act more responsibly, and we urge them to do so.

The Senate stepped between the overly-hasty House and rare plants and animals once before. In 1978, the House was roiled that the Supreme Court stopped construction of a dam in Tennessee to protect endangered fish. It passed a bevy of crippling amendments to the ESA. The Senate rejected virtually everything the House had done and the Endangered Species Act survived.

Because the Senate stood strong, whooping crane numbers have increased ten-fold, California condors soar in the Grand Canyon, wolves roam in Yellowstone and black-footed ferrets are once again found in the Great Plains. The ESA has also helped restore our national symbol, the American bald eagle, from a few hundred pairs to over 8,000 pairs in the continental United States.

If successes such as these are to continue, the Senate must again reject the overreaching of the House.

In the weeks and months ahead as the fight to protect endangered species moves to the Senate, we need your help to win the battle there, so please stand by.

Thank you for your commitment to protect America's natural heritage.

Sincerely,

Michael Bean
Chairman of the Wildlife Program Environmental Defense

Today, a RAW STORY investigation has turned up more intrigue surrounding Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's affiliation with his family's booming for-profit hospital chain, HCA.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10452.htm

Ronnie Earle is the local district attorney in Austin, Texas. What he cares about most is rooting out public corruption. Over the years, he’s indicted more than a dozen politicians, including a U.S. senator, the state’s attorney general, and a sitting Texas Supreme Court justice.

http://tinyurl.com/4dr6d


From Information Clearing House

It was like watching Suzanne Sommers play Lady Macbeth; poor Brownie was in way over his head. The ex-FEMA chief stuck close to his Karl Rove script and didn't give an inch to the blustery congressmen.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10453.htm

The Army Corps in New Orleans is now led by the official who formerly oversaw contracts in Iraq. The Lower Ninth Ward may never exist again, but already the barroom and strip-joint owners in the French Quarter are relishing the fat days ahead, as the Halliburton workers, Blackwater mercenaries, and Bechtel engineers leave their federal paychecks behind on Bourbon Street.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10446.htm

Thousands of prisoners were abandoned for days when Katrina hit New Orleans; more than 500 are still missing.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10447.htm

Is the U.S. willing to use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear adversary that is an NPT signatory, thus risking universal condemnation? Several statements and documents from the Defense Department suggest that it is indeed fully prepared to do so.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10449.htm

On Iraq Blair is not simply discredited: his personal pride has become a fundamental obstacle to any rational discussion about what now needs to happen. It has been obvious for some time that the presence of British and American troops is causing more problems than it solves.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9115,1580655,00.html


From Information Clearing House

If the leaders of a less powerful nation had invaded a country under false pretenses – touching off a war that left tens of thousands of civilians dead – there surely would be demands for war crimes prosecutions before the International Criminal Court at the Hague. But not for Bush and his War Cabinet.

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2005/092905.html


From Information Clearing House

I had a huge grin on my face when I was getting arrested. I have received a lot of flak for smiling. Apparently I am not supposed to smile, but I had some really good reasons for doing so.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10443.htm



Cindy Sheehan
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Sheehan

by Charles Sullivan

No one is more effectively enslaved by the power brokers in government than those who wear the chains of servitude but think they are free. Unfortunately, the average American has no conception of how effectively their perceptions are shaped and manipulated by the media propaganda they unwittingly feed into their unsuspecting minds.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10448.htm

by Walter C. Uhler

We simply cannot permit the Bush "war party" to run roughshod over America's democracy once again.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10441.htm

Pete McCloskey, the Republican former congressman who co-authored the Endangered Species Act in 1973, says he will run against ESA nemesis Richard Pombo if no other Republican challenger can be found. "The Republican values that I grew up with, Pombo is not espousing," said McCloskey.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/092905EC.shtml

Craig Morris, a New Orleans native living in Germany, gives his impressions from abroad of Katrina, global warming and the US response.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/092905EA.shtml

Bob Herbert: Make no mistake: government officials have blood on their hands. Men, women and children - some of them handicapped, some of them elderly or already desperately ill - were condemned to horrible suffering and, in many cases, agonizing deaths. Human beings were left to drown in their flooded homes, in hospitals, in nursing homes and in the street. The American people deserve to know why.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/092905S.shtml

The "American Street" Speaks: Will the Democratic Party Listen?
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0929-31.htm



America Speaks: Will the Democratic Party Listen?

Even Democrats who are not veterans of Iraq need to find the courage to speak out on the war if they are effectively to challenge the Republicans. Simply waiting around for things to get worse in Baghdad is a dangerous strategy, not so much because the situation is likely to improve any time soon but because the American people want real leadership on this issue and they know they are not getting it from Bush.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/100105Z.shtml

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,16769025%255E1702,00.html


Informant: Kev Hall

30 September 2005 11:49

Families have reacted angrily to plans to put up a lamppost-style mobile phone mast near their homes.

Mobile phone firm Orange has submitted proposals to put a 37ft mast at the junction of Aylsham Road and Boundary Road in Norwich.

The plans have caused concern among families living nearby, because the health implications of such masts are still unclear.

Sales rep Michelle Adams, 32, of Bolingbrooke Road, who has a seven-year-old son Christopher, said: “I wish the rules meant they could not put masts close to places where lots of people live.

“I know they need these masts, but it's a shame they have to try to put them close to places where children live. No one knows whether these things are safe or not.”

Orange said it would put the mast on a pavement at the side of the busy junction if it got approval from city council planners. A similar scheme is also planned for Chartwell Road.

Self-employed builder Mark Welsh, 40, of Appleyard Cresent, who has two children, Alice, seven, and Reece, 13, said: “I use my mobile all the time, so I understand these masts have to go up.

“But surely it should be possible to put them in places away from where lots of people live.

“It's not something I have really thought about before, but I am sure quite a few people will be worried about this.”

The Evening News has campaigned for families to be given greater rights to object to the positioning of mobile phone masts on health grounds.

At present, planning laws do not permit any mast application to be turned down over fears it could cause medical complaints.

Norwich North MP Ian Gibson, a long-time supporter of our campaign, says the Government is on the verge of adapting the planning rules to make it tougher for mobile phone firms to put up masts.

A spokeswoman for Orange said: “We have consulted the parish council and ward councillors over this and there have not been any objections.

“As far as health and safety is concerned, we have to adhere to strict government guidelines; and health issues cannot be considered in relation to planning requirements.”

Omega read "Base Stations, operating within strict national and international Guidelines, do not present a Health Risk?" under:
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/771911/

She said the mast, and accompanying cabinet, would be contained in a lamppost-style structure at the roadside. The proposals will go before City Hall planners soon.

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED30%20Sep%202005%2011%3A49%3A21%3A180

TWO years ago, Joseph Geldert fought plans to put up a mobile phone mast outside his back door.

He tried everything to stop Hutchison 3G putting up a mast, including raising a petiton from neighbours worried about a possible risk to their children's health.

But their pleas fell on deaf ears, and the 73-year-old has since had to put up with a 40ft mast behind his house.

Now the pensioner has been left stunned after being told a second phone company wants to put up a mast – just yards away from the first.

Joseph, of Burford Gardens, Tunstall, said the O2 application was "ridiculous".

The firm has picked the rear of his house as a perfect site for their new mast, just 20 yards from the 3G mast.

An O2 spokesman said: "We searched the area thoroughly and this site had the least impact on the local community.

"We try to blend the masts in with the streetscapes as much as possible to mininmize the effect on the area and the local community."

Joseph said: "It's ridiculous. From their point of view I'm sure it's on high ground, but it's not screened away from view at all.

"They didn't even consider a site a 100 yards away that is screened from sight."

As well as the visual intrusion the mast will cause, Joseph is also worried about possible health implications for his neighbours.
The new mast will stand next the old mast at the same height of 40ft, but the phone company has moved to quell health fears.
The O2 spokesman added: "A vast amount of research into mobile phone technology has been done in the last four years and to date nothing has come up with a link.

As far as we are concerned, there is no risk to people's health."

Omega this is not true. See under:
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Wissenschaft+zu+Mobilfunk/ and
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Cancer+Cluster
http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_science.html

30 September 2005

http://www.sunderlandtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1107&ArticleID=1208089

http://tinyurl.com/8d4c9



Interview: Cindy Sheehan, Our Imploding President

As Sheehan approaches, she's mobbed. She hugs some of her greeters, poses for photos with others, listens briefly while people tell her they came all the way from California or Colorado just to see her, and accepts the literal T-shirt off the back of a man, possibly a vet, with a bandana around his forehead, who wants to give her "the shirt off my back." She is brief and utterly patient. She offers a word to everyone and anyone.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/092905Q.shtml




Cindy Sheehan
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Sheehan

Critics Say
http://www.lewrockwell.com/ips/lobe248.html

FAMILIES who opposed an application for a mobile phone mast have heaved a sigh of relief after the council refused planning permission.

Public notices displayed to provide residents with information about the proposed development on Queen’s Drive, Ossett, failed to say it was a telecommunications mast and showed an incorrect council telephone number leaving residents unaware of the situation.

The deadline for objections was extended to last Friday due to the mistake and concerned homeowners collected hundreds of signatures against the proposal.

But the council this week said the T Mobile application to erect a mast had been refused

Linda Neville, 33, of Queen’s Drive, gathered 195 signatures against the proposal. She said: “I'm totally relieved. I honestly thought we were doomed and it would go up.

“I’m so pleased for my little girl because I was really worried about how it would effect her health. She’s only 22-months-old and that is one of the reasons I organised a petition.

“The government released a white paper deterring the use of mobile phones by children and though it didn’t include phone masts there’s got to be some significance for children living near them. I didn’t think this was a suitable area for a phone mast to be. It’s a highly-populated residential area.

“It was worth collecting all those signatures. I would advise people who live near proposed masts to fight them because you can win.

“I’m going to be able to sleep soundly at night now knowing my daughter will grow up healthy.”

Wakefield Council planning officer Sarah Bird said: “Prior approval for the siting and appearance has not been granted.

“Because the initial notice didn’t include the word telecommunication we issued new notices and extended the consultation period as soon as this was brought to our attention.”

The proposed mast would have be attached to a lamppost on the pavement outside the Two Brewer’s pub.

Campaigners said equipment for the mast, which would have been placed in a box on the pavement, would have restricted mobility for people using the walkway.

Anti-mast campaigner Maureen Thorpe, of Towngate, also collected 180 signatures objecting to the proposal.

She said: “The deadline was extended because they missed ‘telecommunications’ out of the description on the public notice.

“Most people had no idea there was an application for a phone mast. I think there was insufficient information.”

30 September 2005

http://www.wakefieldtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=704&ArticleID=1206845

Bridgnorth Journal 30.09.05

A controversial mobile phone mast will be built in the centre of Bridgnorth after being passed “through the back door” at an appeal hearing, it is claimed.

Plans to install the mast on top of the New Road telephone exchange were refused by councillors in February.

But they have now been passed at a planning appeal — much to the surprise of residents and councillors.

People living around the telephone exchange made their views against the mast clear, but an appeal on August 24 went against Bridgnorth Town Council and the district council’s decisions and granted permission.

The application is by telecommunication company “3” to install a flagpole, housing three antennae, on the telephone exchange to boost signals for mobile phone users.

Town and district councillor, Brian Jones, said he was very disappointed with the outcome of the appeal.

“It is almost literally through the back door,” he said. “I certainly wasn’t aware of it until I read the planning minutes and I don’t think people are aware of it. “I don’t think they will be very happy about it. I know it was campaigned against quite vigorously.

“We got views from local residents and virtually 100 per cent said they were against it.

“The whole population of Bridgnorth is pretty much against it so I am dismayed to see it has gone through on appeal.”

Councillor Jones said both the town and district council planning committees voted unanimously to refuse the proposal, saying it would spoil the historic skyline of Bridgnorth.

And he said despite being a member of the district planning committee, he had no idea the appeal was taking place.

“I shall be asking the question at the next meeting why we were not informed,” he added.

East Castle Street resident Kinda Ireland said she was very angry at the way the decision had been made.

“Why the inspector even bothered to come and have a look is a mystery. The government has its own agenda of agreeing to these masts and what local councillors and residents think doesn’t make any difference.”

Another resident, Doreen Watkiss, said she felt sorry for her neighbours in the street who had children as there were still worries about whether the masts contributed to leukaemia.

“It is also going to be very visible from the approach to the town. Bridgnorth is an old place, and we do not want these obstacles on the skyline.”

Campaigner Joe Anson said local people were not happy about the application. “I suppose they will be sprouting up all over the town like mushrooms now,” he said.

Les Jones of Jones Electrical in East Castle Street said he wasn’t convinced by claims that the mast would be safe.

“In our line of work you get to know about radiation, and you get a lot of warm radiation just from a mobile phone. I think the damage from a mast like this could be quite serious.”

When the application was made, Verity Stanford, spokesman for 3, said the mast would be operated well below the indicated emission guidelines.

Omega read: "Base Stations, operating within strict national and international Guidelines, do not present a Health Risk?" http://omega.twoday.net/stories/771911/

http://www.lewrockwell.com/ocregister/indirect-911.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell

http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt117.html



Cindy Sheehan
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Sheehan

There is going to be an Israeli TV investigation show in the national news today, about the misleading way in which the British Interphone results were reported to the public. Reports all over the world quoted Reuters, and said that it was safe to use the phone for 10 years with no tumors, but the media didn't report the 80% increase after 10 years. Of course if tumors develop after 10 years it is evidence for damage that is done during the first 10 years, so something does happen during the first 10 years so that's very misleading to say that 10 years are "safe". This time it's not the media's fault. The researchers themselves didn't report accurately on their own findings to the media! The media also reported "no cancer risk" whereas the study was on benign tumors, it was a good PR for the companies. See here the english version of Haaretz newspaper on that.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/631007.html

Cell phone cancer link misreported

By Tamara Traubman

The world's approximately 1 billion cellular telephone users received good news at the end of August: new research showed the devices did not increase the chance of cancer, even among those who used them for a decade or more. But the research included another part not reported in the press that experts have called "a warning light."

Among those who used cell phones for more than 10 years, the risk of developing acoustic neuroma, a nervous system tumor, was almost twice that of people who did not use them.

The good news was reported by hundreds of media outlets worldwide, including Haaretz. Cellular carriers could not have hoped for better PR: "Cell phones don't cause cancer!"

However, the press all relied on a press release penned by the researchers that did not include the worrisome findings.

Channel 2 reporter Chico Menashe uncovered the story, which will be reported today. Menashe, who reported the complete findings, said he began to look into the matter when Channel 2 newsroom staff began to wonder why his report differed from those published worldwide.

The findings do not unequivocally determine that cell phones are dangerous to health. According to the researchers, the study did not include enough subjects, and suffers from methodological weaknesses.

Scientists in four Scandinavian countries and the United Kingdom conducted the research. It is part of a larger World Health Organization study involving scientists in 15 countries, including Israel. Some researchers began releasing the results of the studies in their own countries, including Professor Anthony Swerdlow's study published in the British Journal of Cancer. The scientific journal reported the entire findings; however, a press release only mentioned the "good news." The first to report the study was Reuters, a central news source for thousands of newspapers and television and radio stations. About 300 media outlets around the world picked up the story.

Dr. Sigal Sadetzki, who heads the Israeli team participating in the WHO study, says: "A 10-year study is insufficient to determine if cell phones increase the chances of cancer. Even the results of smoking are not evident in such a time period. To examine the effect of cell phones, 20 or even 40 years must be examined," she says.

"The results aren't strong enough for me to accept as a scientist," she explains. "On the other hand, they are a red warning light."

Swerdlow responded to a Haaretz email inquiry, explaining that the findings that suggest a connection between cellular use and morbidity were omitted from the press release in order to use language clear to the general public. "Press releases are inevitably compressed and simplified," Swerdlow writes. "The article gave full details of the research, and the press release included a link to the full results."

Sadetzki refrains from criticizing Swerdlow, but believes the entire findings should have appeared in the press release, with the requisite explanations and reservations. "A scientist can say `don't take these results as carved in stone,' but must publish complete findings. There's a difference between publishing partial findings and the interpretation of findings."

A comment by Reuters was unavailable by press time.

© Copyright 2005 Haaretz. All rights reserved


Informant: Iris Atzmon.

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Soviet studies concluded decades ago - that any exposure to EMF has consequences that become irreversible AFTER 7 YEARS OF EXPOSURE.

ITS NOT THE RESEARCHER THAT MISINFORM - ITS THE MEDIA AND THE INDUSTRY THAT PUT SUCH SPIN ON RESEARCH RESULTS mostly not even mentioning them in the first place read what was on-line since 1995 - and the old EMF-L archives I posted those finding then and warned about the long term fall out but even in that forum this FACTfrom research was belittled by Roy Beavers then simple because it was from the "old enemy" and could not be right.

Omega see the EMF-L archives under: http://www.wave-guide.org/archives/emf-l/

The future will show how much "irreversible" damage has been done finally some take notice - maybe too late already.

Hate to say - told you so - that long ago.

Greetings

Wolfgang

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Yes that's true, but in this SINGLE time, the reason for the bias was an email written by the researchers themselves. The media reported exactly the words of that email, and the email itself did not report on the accurate findings.

So - note that I refer to a specific case.

Iris Atzmon.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Michael Meyer michael_meyer@aon.at
Risiko Mobilfunk Österreich Plattform Sozialstaat Österreich - Netzwerk Zivilcourage
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Tel/Fax 0043 - 6217 - 8576


BOTSWANA: Verhaftete Buschmänner gewinnen “Alternativen Nobelpreis”.

29.09.2005

Fünf Tage nachdem ihre Anführer verhaftet und geschlagen worden sind gab es heute eine dramatische Wendung zugunsten der Buschmänner der Kalahari, als sie erfuhren, dass der diesjährige „Alternative Nobelpreis“ an sie geht.

“First people of the Kalahari (FPK), die Basisorganisation der Gana und Gwi Buschmänner von Botswana, die für deren Recht auf Rückkehr in ihr angestammtes Heimatgebiet kämpft, gewann heute Schwedens “Right Livelihood Award”, der als “Alternativer Nobelpreis” bekannt ist.

Der Preis ging für den "resoluten Widerstand gegen die Vertreibung vom Land ihrer Vorfahren und für ihr Festhalten an dem Recht, ihren traditionellen Lebensstil beizubehalten" an die Buschmänner.

Vor fünf Tagen waren die Führungspersonen der FPK unter 28 Buschmännern, die von Polizeikräften verhaftet und davor mit Tränengas und Gummigeschossen angegriffen worden waren. Die Buschmänner hatten versucht Nahrungsmittel und Wasser zu ihren Verwandten im Inneren des Zentral Kalahari Wildreservats zu bringen, aus dem die meisten Buschmänner vertrieben worden sind. Die Buschmann Anführer wurden brutal geschlagen, nachdem man sie mit Handschellen gefesselt hatte.

FPK hat bereits einen langen Kampf hinter sich, um den Gana und Gwi Buschmännern ein friedliches Leben in dem Reservat, welches deren Heimatgebiet umschließt, zu ermöglichen. Die reichen Diamantenvorkommen des Reservats sind von vielen Seiten her als Grund für die Vertreibung der Buschmänner durch die Regierung angeführt worden. Das Unternehmen De Beers, das alle Diamantenminen in Botswana betreibt, sieht sich nun einem weltweiten Boykott gegenüber.

Weitere Informationen zum “Alternativen Nobelpreis” finden Sie unter:

http://www.rightlivelihood.org/recip/2005/first-people-of-the-kalahari--roy-sesana.htm

Mehr Informationen zu den Buschmännern erhalten Sie von Miriam Ross per Telefon unter +44 20 7687 8731 oder per E-Mail: mr@survival-international.org


Stichpunkte für Redakteure:

Vorherige Preisträger sind unter anderem auch der kenianische Umweltschützer Wangari Maathai (der darauf folgend den Nobelpreis erhielt), sowie der Nigerianer Ken Saro-Wiwa.

Der FPK's Anführer Roy Sesana ist der erste in Botswana geborene Preisträger.


'Wir stammen von diesem Land ab und wir werden für dieses Land sterben.' Mama Yosepha Alomang, Amungme, Papua, 2004.

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Besuchen Sie unsere Webseite http://www.survival-international.de und lesen Sie ihre Geschichten.

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mit freundlichen Grüßen übermittle ich diese Medieninformation.

Bitte nehmen Sie diese Gelegenheit wahr und informieren sich hier aus erster Hand über die ungeheurliche und menschenrechtswidrige Situation der Buschmänner der Kalahari und helfen Sie mit deren Lebensraum zu erhalten, der ausschließlich aus kaltem, nüchternen Profitdenken westlicher Investoren und lokaler Handlanger massiv bedroht wird. Den Lebensraum zu erhalten ist die einzige Möglichkeit den schleichenden Genozid der Stämme noch zu stoppen.

Michael Meyer michael_meyer@aon.at
Risiko Mobilfunk Österreich Plattform Sozialstaat Österreich - Netzwerk Zivilcourage
A - 5165 Berndorf, Stadl 4 Tel/Fax 0043 - 6217 - 8576

----- Original Message ----- From: Survival Deutschland info@survival-international.de
To: press releases Deutschland ; press releases Österreich ; press releases Schweiz
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:15 AM
Subject: TRÄGER DES ALTERNATIVEN NOBELPREISES AM 11.DEZEMBER IN BERLIN

SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESSEMITTEILUNG

28.11.2005

Roy Sesana, Träger des Alternativen Nobelpreises 2005, wird am 11. Dezember im Ethnologischen Museum Berlin-Dahlem auftreten.

Der botswanische Menschenrechtsaktivist Roy Sesana, dem mit seiner Organisation OFirst People of the Kalahari¹ (FPK) der ORight Livelihood Award¹ 2005 verliehen wurde, wird Anfang Dezember Berlin besuchen. Er wird am Sonntag den 11. Dezember um 18:30 im Rahmen einer öffentlichen Gesprächsrunde auf dem ³Markt der Kontinente² im Ethnologischen Museum Berlin auftreten.

Am Montag, 12. Dezember 05 von 10:00 ­ 18:00 Uhr sind Roy Sesana (FPK), Jumanda Gakelebone (FPK) und Stephen Corry (Survival International) telefonisch im Berliner Büro von Survival International erreichbar. T 030 29 00 23 72 F 030 29 04 39 00

Die Veranstaltung findet zwei Tage nach der offiziellen Preisverleihung im schwedischen Parlament in Stockholm statt und wird der erste öffentliche Auftritt des etwa 56-jährigen aus der Zentralkalahari in Deutschland sein. Er wird u.a. begleitet von seinem langjährigen Mitstreiter Jumanda Gakelebone und Stephen Corry, Generaldirektor von Survival International aus London.

Die Gana und Gwi OBuschmänner¹ wurden 1997 und 2002 von der botswanischen Regierung von ihrem angestammten Land, dem Zentral Kalahari Wildreservat, vertrieben. Die meisten von ihnen leben heute in tristen Zwangsansiedlungslagern fernab ihrer Heimat und geraten zunehmend in den Sog von Perspektivlosigkeit, Langeweile, Alkoholismus, Prostitution und AIDS. Dies versucht die botswanische Regierung der Weltöffentlichkeit als "Entwicklungsmaßnahme" zu verkaufen.

Roy Sesana und die von ihm gegründete Organisation "First People of the Kalahari" (FPK) kämpfen seit Jahren für eine Rückkehr ihrer Leute in ihre Heimat. Dafür werden sie von den Behörden drangsaliert und mitunter massiv bedroht. Roys Bruder starb im Jahr 2000 an den Folgen tagelanger brutaler Misshandlung durch die Polizei. Im September 2005 versuchte ein Konvoi von "Buschmännern" Wasser und Nahrung zu ihren hungernden Verwandten in das von der Polizei abgeschirmte Reservat zu bringen. Dabei wurden Roy Sesana, Jumanda Gakelebone und alle weiteren Führungsmitglieder der FPK verhaftet, verprügelt und vier Tage ins Gefängnis gesteckt. Ihnen allen droht nun in ihrer Heimat ein Prozess und Haftstrafen wegen "unerlaubter Versammlung".

Im Anschluss an die moderierte Gesprächsrunde, zu der Journalisten herzlichst eingeladen sind, stehen Roy Sesana und Jumanda Gakelebone explizit der Presse zur Verfügung.

Am darauf folgenden Montag, den 12. Dezember, werden sie außerdem von 10:00 ­ 18:00 Uhr telefonisch im Büro von Survival International unter 030 29 00 23 72 für Ihre Fragen zur Verfügung stehen. Weitere Termine für Interviews in der Zeit zwischen dem 12. und 16. Dezember können arrangiert werden.

Sonntag,11. Dezember 2005

18:30 Uhr Öffentliche Gesprächsrunde mit Roy Sesana (FPK), Jumanda Gakelebone (FPK) und Stephen Corry (Survival International) mit anschließender Interviewmöglichkeit für Journalisten.

"Markt der Kontinente" Museen Dahlem ­ Kunst und Kulturen der Welt Lansstraße 8 14195 Berlin

Am Montag, 12. Dezember 05 von 10:00 ­ 18:00 Uhr sind Roy Sesana (FPK), Jumanda Gakelebone (FPK) und Stephen Corry (Survival International) telefonisch im Berliner Büro von Survival International erreichbar. T 030 29 00 23 72 F 030 29 04 39 00

Weitere Termine für Interviews in der Zeit zwischen dem 12. und 16. Dezember können arrangiert werden unter: T 030 29 00 23 72 F 030 29 04 39 00 M info@survival-international.de


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editorial@hamhigh.co.uk
30 September 2005
Katie Davies

RESIDENTS in a West Hampstead housing complex are threatening to use the Human Rights Act to prevent Vodaphone putting a phone mast on their roof.

The freeholder of Weech Hall, Geoffrey Gay, has agreed to let the phone company put up the mast - if it gets permission from Camden Council.

But residents and people who work near the block in Fortune Green Road are concerned that the mast would be a health risk.

Resident Camilla Hallett said: "The plans show there would be four masts directly over the heads of people when they are sleeping.

"I've read numerous health studies which show how dangerous they are."

Ms Hallett, who has lived in the block for three years, has spent £30,000 renovating the flat in the hope of selling it in order to move to Australia. However, she is worried that the mast would affect the value of the property.

"We are trying to get a solicitor to fight out the case under the Human Rights Act," she said.

"It should be taken into account in London, we are all just sitting ducks for these companies."

Jonathan Wiseman only moved into the block on Saturday but claims that no mention was made of the phone mast.

He said: "It would have made me think twice about buying or it certainly would have made me think about how much I was paying."

Headteacher of nearby Fortune Green Playcentre, Sarah Kochanovsky, said: "A lot of parents are worried about the risks. I live in Hampstead and I know people opposed one and got it stopped. I don't know if it will work here."

But Vodaphone, which has not yet submitted a planning application for the site, said: "It is a site that is required to provide coverage for the area.

"Glass reflective plastic will be placed over the antennas so the base station will look like a chimney pot from the ground.

"Vodaphone deals with the complaints of residents seriously and is currently involved in extensive consultation with local residents at this site."

Freeholder Geoffrey Gay told the Ham&High: "There is no evidence that mobile phone masts reduce the value of houses. As we own a flat in Weech Hall we are in the same position as all of the other occupiers."

Omega there is evidence that mobile phone masts reduce the value of houses. See "Affects on Residential Property Value as a Consequence of Telecom Instalations" under: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1019472/ and
"Masts and your property: it’s time to be heard" under:
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/994544/


katie.davies@hamhigh.co.uk

http://www.microwavenews.com/fromthefield.html#chinadna

September 29, 2005

RF-Induced DNA Breaks Reported in China

Research scientists in China have found that relatively low-level RF radiation can lead to DNA breaks, according to a briefing paper prepared for the cell phone industry obtained by Microwave News.

At the 4th International Seminar on EMFs and Biological Effects, held in Kunming China, September 12-16, Zhengping Xu of the Zhejiang University School of Medicine reported that cells exposed to a pulsed 1800 MHz RF radiation at an SAR of 3 W/Kg for 24 hours showed a statistically significant increase in DNA damage. The Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF), an industry lobbying group based in Brussels, circulated the news in a September 22 Research Briefing.

Xu's Bioelectromagnetics Laboratory now joins a growing number of other labs that have found RF-induced DNA breaks. The effect was first reported more than a decade ago by Henry Lai and N.P. Singh of the University of Washington, Seattle (see MWN, N/D94). From the outset, Lai and Singh's work has been repeatedly assailed by the cell phone industry and their consultants - most recently by Sheila Johnston and Vijayalaxmi, two members of the board of directors of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (see March 29 entry below. They claimed to have refuted the Lai-Singh findings.

Last year, the European Union-sponsored REFLEX Project announced that 1800 MHz radiation could lead to DNA breaks. Those results were published this summer in Mutation Research.

The MMF also noted that C.K. Chou of Motorola (a member of the MMF) complained at the meeting that it is difficult to publish "negative" results in China. (WHO 's Mike Repacholi made a similar charge at the last Chinese EMF seminar held in Guilin in 2003, according to the MMF.) Xu disputed this, the MMF added.


panayis zambellis luton

(excerpt)

I have just received a letter from one of my contacts in Sweden, who tells of a Swedish man, Mr. Donald Forsberg who has charged the Swedish prime minister and the Swedish government to the police authority in Stockholm for being guilty of rolling out the 3G network without concern for the health of the Swedish people, against better knowledge.

It has already hit the press in Sweden.


Best regards.

Agnes

In These Times
by US Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)

09/29/05

No one disputes that the military bases are of a physically permanent character. The only question is whether Iraq will be under permanent U.S. military occupation. If you are inclined to believe the president, we will be in Iraq, in his words 'as long as necessary, and not a day longer.' Members of the Bush administration, including the president, have been at pains to dispel any notion that they have plans for a permanent military presence in Iraq. On April 13, 2004, President Bush said, 'As a proud and independent people, Iraqis do not support an indefinite occupation and neither does America.' On February 17, 2005, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, testifying before the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, said, 'We have no intention, at the present time, of putting permanent bases in Iraq.' The circumstances on the ground, however, tell another story...

http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2323/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The Nation
by Ari Berman

09/28/05

The Republican Party's once copious political capital is quickly eroding. As we go to press, House majority leader Tom DeLay has just been indicted by a Texas grand jury on one count of criminal conspiracy in a fast-moving money-laundering case. 'I have notified the speaker that I will temporarily step aside from my position as majority leader,' DeLay said in a statement following the stunning final day of the grand jury's term. The Republican Party's go-to guy, famously nicknamed 'The Hammer,' finally got whacked. ... DeLay's modus operandi -- the ruthless accumulation of money and favors to benefit corporate interests and far-right Republicans -- may ultimately secure his demise. In essence, he got caught for doing business as usual...

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051017/berman


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The American Prospect
by Robert B. Reich

09/29/05

Who will end up paying for Katrina and Rita? Don't expect an answer from the White House. The president hasn't called for any national sacrifice other than asking Americans to drive less. Yet Katrina and Rita are likely to demand widespread sacrifice nonetheless. Normally, hurricane destruction improves the nation's economy because of all the rebuilding that has to be done. Conveniently, the national income accounts don't subtract what's been destroyed. They only register what's being built. This time may be different. The $200 billion tab for rebuilding will stimulate the economy in the short run, but we don't have a clue how we're going to pay for it. Worse yet, consumers hit by high energy prices are likely to slash their spending. That means a slower economy...

http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=10359


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Sierra Times
by Vincent Fiore

09/29/05

Now that the John Roberts nomination is a virtual lock, Senate Democrats can get down to the real business at hand. That 'real' business I speak of would be the destruction of nearly anyone President Bush nominates to fill the vacancy left upon the Supreme Court by departing Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. But is it Senate Democrats that conservatives around the country should be overtly worried about? ... Unless Bush happens to nominate someone who is thoroughly palatable to Senate Democrat heavyweights like Charles Schumer and Ted Kennedy, the word of the day in Washington seems to be 'warning.' It should then come as no surprise that when the Senate takes to the floor this week in regard to John Roberts' pending vote, what will, in fact, be the topic of discussion is the president's next nominee to the Supreme Court...

http://www.sierratimes.com/05/09/29/152_163_100_12_42789.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

MichNews
by Marty Lich

09/19/05

I was brought up to believe in my Constitutional rights as an American citizen. I was taught that to change things, one must be willing to speak up, to be educated in said matters, and finally to believe in a democratic republic United States government founded upon 'For the People, By the People.' Our country was founded on Rule of the Law. Our president even says so in his September 14, 2005, Address to the Nation. Our country was based on the Constitutional visions of our forefathers who fought for our freedom, who fought for our rights, and who fought believing in 'So help me God' and 'In God We Trust.' Where did it go wrong? Pointing fingers, passing the buck, making excuses, and pardoning oneself from the laws that govern this country...

http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_9545.shtml


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Boston Globe
by Thomas Oliphant

09/29/05

Where the Supreme Court is concerned, Senator Edward Kennedy is different. Where most of us saw reassurance in John Roberts's confirmation hearing as chief justice, Kennedy saw spin. Where most of us saw the absence of a solid, evidentiary peg on which to hang a no vote, Kennedy saw the absence of a basis for a yes vote that is too important to be cast on traditional grounds of qualification and temperament. Where most of us saw a detail-dominated mind resembling a grounded conservative like Anthony Kennedy, Kennedy saw disturbing similarities to a revolutionary who masked his views 14 years ago: Clarence Thomas. The only suspense left is whether Roberts will exceed 70 yes votes, because the question has split Democrats (a compliment more to Roberts's skill as a witness than to President Bush's vision in nominating him)...

http://tinyurl.com/dux4v


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

CounterPunch
by Gary Handshumacher

09/29/05

On Monday, 9/26, Cindy Sheehan and I were arrested together; along with more than 350 other good citizens. We had committed the crime of going to the White House to deliver a list of the names of those who have been murdered in Iraq in the latest version of US Government empire building. I hadn't planned to be arrested, not for fear, I have had the experience on a few occasions before, but more for convenience, not wishing to miss my early Tuesday AM flight. But, as I marched with friends to the White House, my thoughts changed. The logic of, 'If not now, then when? ... If not I, then who?" took over...

http://www.counterpunch.org/handschumacher09292005.html



Cindy Sheehan
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Sheehan

II

Heartland Institute
by Joseph Bast

10/01/05

Governments in the U.S. take approximately 40 percent of the country’s total income in taxes. In other words, nearly half of all the income generated each year is sent to governments to spend. How free are you when governments take half of your income? Serfs in the 16th and 17th centuries typically owed their feudal lords only a quarter of their crops and livestock, and often much less. Our forefathers fought a war for independence over tax levels that were far lower than those we now pay without complaint...

http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=17803


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

from Reason to Freedom
by Sandra Price

09/30/05

I have some serious questions for the new Republican Religious Conservatives. Is your movement to change the laws within the federal government really based on legislating your moral values or is it merely a power tool for control? What was taught to us in Sunday school was to form a personal relationship with Jesus to improve our ability to be better, more moral individuals. When did this desire turn to wanting control over other people's actions and eventually wanting the government to set the rules?

http://www.reasontofreedom.com/Republican_Religious_Conservatives.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Slate
by John Dickerson

09/29/05

With Tom DeLay's indictment, conventional wisdom has coalesced around the notion that the Republican Party is deeply damaged. This is, no doubt, a gloomy moment to be a member of the GOP. As one veteran Republican strategist outside Washington asked me, 'Is this what it feels like to be in free-fall?' Perhaps. The plunge may continue -- but a parachute may open. ... Just because people are dissatisfied with Republicans doesn't mean that they're rushing into the warm arms of Democratic candidates. Yes, Democrats are seeing visions of 1994, but Newt Gingrich did more than just tear the face off of Democrats in leadership, he nurtured a farm team and presented a set of ideas that dovetailed with his political instinct for the jugular. Democrats have no Contract with America and have to find a Gingrich or some central figure to pitch their message...

http://www.slate.com/id/2127101/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Cato Institute
by Stephen Slivinski

09/30/05

Sounding like Yogi Berra, President Bush gave the best description of his administration's overall fiscal philosophy last week. When asked on September 16 how much his grand program to rebuild the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina will cost, he answered, 'It's going to cost whatever it's going to cost.' And, boy, will it ever. The current estimate of the amount of taxpayer money needed to pay for Bush's grand scheme range from $150 billion to $200 billion. And that's on top of a $612 billion increase in the overall federal budget since he took office in 2001. Adding the $62 billion already appropriated for Katrina relief puts him in the same big-spending league as Lyndon Johnson. The massive cost is just one of the distressing things about Bush's plan. What's also disconcerting is how it broadens the scope of the federal government's response to natural disasters. By doing so he's setting an expensive precedent...

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5072


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

MSNBC

09/29/05

The police department said Thursday it is investigating a dozen officers in connection with looting during the lawlessness that engulfed the city after Hurricane Katrina. News reports in the aftermath of the storm put officers at the scene of some of the heaviest looting, at the Wal-Mart in the Lower Garden District. Some witnesses, including a Times-Picayune reporter, said police were taking items from shelves...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9535751/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

USA Today

09/29/05

A senior U.S. official rejected calls on Thursday for a U.N. body to take over control of the main computers that direct traffic on the Internet, reiterating U.S. intentions to keep its historical role as the medium's principal overseer. 'We will not agree to the U.N. taking over the management of the Internet,' said Ambassador David Gross, the U.S. coordinator for international communications and information policy at the State Department. 'Some countries want that. We think that's unacceptable.'

http://tinyurl.com/c4ab9


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

BBC News [UK]

09/29/05

A judge in New York has ruled that pictures of Iraqi inmates abused by US troops should be released. The judge made the order after a request by the American Civil Liberties Union for access to unseen images. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected government arguments that this could fuel anti-US feelings. Pictures of Iraqi inmates being abused at Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad last year have caused an outcry around the world. Several US soldiers have been jailed. The ruling represents a huge potential embarrassment for the US administration, says the BBC's Jeremy Cooke in New York. The government has 20 days to consider an appeal. In a first reaction, the head of US Central Command, General John Abizaid, said publication of more pictures could distort reality...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4295324.stm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Traunreut. 17 Jahre lang den Strahlen von Mobilfunksendeanlagen ausgesetzt zu sein, ist nach Ansicht der Piracher Bürger genug. Sie protestierten deshalb bei der Stadt Traunreut gegen eine Vertragsverlängerung der Sendeanlagen auf dem Piracher Wasserturm. Etwa 40 Piracher und Umweltvertreter wandten sich am Dienstagabend an Bürgermeister Franz Parzinger, die bestehenden Verträge nicht mehr zu verlängern und beide Anlagen zum Jahre 2010 zu kündigen.

Mit Kind und Kegel waren die Piracher im Traunreuter Rathaus erschienen, um sich ihre Sorgen und Nöte von der Seele zu reden. In einem Schreiben, das der Sprecher der Piracher Bürger, Reinhold Schopf, an Bürgermeister Parzinger übergab, wird darum gebeten, die bestehenden Verträge nicht mehr zu verlängern. Die Bürger befürchten, "dass ihre Gesundheit und Lebensqualität von der Stadt Traunreut hinter die Mieteinnahmen aus dem Betrieb der Sendeanlagen gestellt wird."

Ihrer Ansicht nach, könne auf beide Anlagen verzichtet werden, da sich zirka 800 Meter nördlich des Ortes eine weitere Sendeanlage befinde. Mit Nachdruck betonen sie, keineswegs einen Alternativstandort zu unterstützen. "Wir möchten nicht verantwortlich sein, dass andere diejenigen Gesundheitsbeeinträchtigungen erleiden, wie diese bei uns jetzt vorhanden sind."

Die Sendeanlagen, gegen die die Piracher von Vorneherein massiven Protest eingelegt haben, der bislang aber nie gefruchtet hat, sind seit 1993 auf dem Piracher Wasserturm installiert. Besitzer des Turms ist die Stadt Traunreut, er steht aber auf Trostberger Gemeindegebiet. Die Verträge hierfür laufen zwar erst 2010 aus, die Piracher Bürger wollen aber erfahren haben, dass die Betreiber vor einigen Monaten in der Stadt Traunreut bezüglich einer Vertragsverlängerung angefragt haben, was Bürgermeister Parzinger in dem Gespräch im Rathaus auch bestätigte.

Deshalb wandten sie sich an beide Kommunen, mit der Bitte, den Sendestandort nicht über das Jahr 2010 hinaus zu betreiben. Die Stadt Trostberg, vertreten durch Bürgermeister Ignaz Sperger, hat sich per Stadtratsbeschluss, über den Traunreut auch informiert wurde, gegen eine Vertragsverlängerung ausgesprochen. Diese Zusage hat die Bürger zunächst veranlasst, die Proteste einzustellen. Man dachte: "Zähne zusammenbeißen und bis 2010 durchhalten."

Immerhin sei man bis dahin 17 Jahre lang den schädlichen Strahlen ausgesetzt, mit dessen Auswirkungen viele zu kämpfen hätten. Die gesundheitlichen Vorfälle, die sich im Dorf seit der Installation der Antennen ereigneten, würden auch aktuelle Studien immer wieder bestätigen, so die besorgten Bürger. Nachdem sich Traunreut bisher nicht zu einer Aufgabe des Sendestandortes geäußert hat, bat man um das Gespräch mit Bürgermeister Parzinger.

Das einstündige Gespräch im Traunreuter Sitzungssaal verlief zwar mitunter emotional aber sehr sachlich. Eine zufriedenstellende Antwort konnten die Piracher jedoch nicht mit nach Hause nehmen. Die Vertragsverlängerung liegt nämlich ausschließlich in den Händen des Werkausschusses.

Wie Parzinger erklärte, hätten die acht Werkausschussmitglieder in nichtöffentlicher Sitzung darüber zu entscheiden, ob die Verträge verlängert werden oder nicht. Die Verträge laufen zwar erst 2010 aus, doch noch im Herbst wolle sich der Werkausschuss mit dieser Thematik befassen, so Parzinger. Er versicherte, die Einwände der Piracher dem Ausschuss mitzuteilen, inklusive dem Schreiben.

Er riet den Bürgern, zunächst das Gespräch mit den Betreibern zu suchen, was denn grundsätzlich geplant sei. Hier gelte es zu bedenken, welche Alternativen stellen diese in Aussicht. Die Alternative eines eigenen Mastens in Pirach wäre wohl die Schlechteste.

Dass derartige Verträge hinter verschlossenen Türen behandelt werden, ist für die Piracher nicht nachvollziehbar. Auch die Tatsache, dass acht Personen über 80 Köpfe hinweg über deren Gesundheit bestimmen, rief Unmut hervor. Es sei deprimierend und unfair, die Verantwortung auf acht Personen abzuschieben. "Hat denn keiner ein Gewissen hier in Traunreut?"

Dem allgemeinen Wunsch, eine Ausnahme zu machen und die Betroffenen mit an der Sitzung teilhaben zu lassen, wollte Traunreuts Bürgermeister Franz Parzinger aus Sicht der Gemeindeordnung nicht mittragen. Es bestehe aber die Möglichkeit, über die Homepage der Stadt Traunreut, in der die Mitglieder namentlich aufgeführt sind, Kontakt zu den Werkausschussmitgliedern aufzunehmen. Außerdem sitze Stadtrat Martin Czepan (Grüne), der bei dem Gespräch mit dabei war und vorschlug, den Sprecher der Piracher in der nichtöffentlichen Sitzung zu Wort kommen zu lassen, als Vertreter im Werkausschuss.

Der Sprecher stützte sich auch auf die Aussage des ehemaligen Traunreuter Bürgermeisters Eduard Wiesmann, dem das Vorhaben seinerzeit offenbar schon Kopfzerbrechen bereitet haben soll, woran sich auch Stadtrat Paul Obermeier (ABU) noch erinnern kann. Demnach soll Wiesmann versprochen haben, die Verträge nach Ablauf nicht mehr zu verlängern. Dieses "Versprechen" will sein Amtsnachfolger ebenfalls dem Werkausschuss vortragen.

Schopf stützte sich auf einen Gemeinderatsbeschluss der Gemeinde Seeon-Seebruck, die in Sachen Antennen seiner Ansicht nach ein positives Zeichen gesetzt habe und mit gutem Beispiel vorangehe. Der Gemeinderat der Chiemseegemeinde hat beschlossen, keine gemeindlichen Gebäude für Mobilfunkantennen zur Verfügung zu stellen.

Würde sich die Stadt Traunreut auch dazu durchringen, würde sie zwar ein Zeichen setzen, das grundsätzliche Problem, dass unter dem Einfluss hochfrequentierter elektromagnetischer Felder gesundheitliche Schäden auftreten können, könne damit aber nicht gelöst werden. ga

29.09.2005

http://www.chiemgau-online.de/lokalnachrichten/text.php?satz=8934


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