"William M. Mandel" wrote: > Because one reason for writing my Saying No To Power was that I had, on a number of > major events in my lifetime, pointed to the need for certain actions (firing Gen. > MacArthur, recognizing in 1960 that a new student movement had been borne and would > affect the country's history, how to settle the Cuba Missile Crisis in 1962, etc.), I > would like to state for the record that I was the first on this list to focus > specifically on Gore's failure to direct attention to the violation of Black voting > rights in Florida despite the fact that his chances for the presidency hinge on this. > Likewise, when Medea Benjamin last week posted a statement on the Florida issue > dealing solely with the recount, I immediately e-mailed Global Exchange urging an > amendment to that statement. > William Mandel > > " Tom Nagy, Ph.D." wrote: > > > Reality check time, folks. Who kept the FBI from launching an immediate and > > massive investigation of violations of Black voting rights in Florida? > > > > Hint: it ain't Ralph Nader and it ain't the Republican devils who have not > > run the executive branch for 8 years. > > > > Folks, it's your chum Bill, and his sidekicks Al Gore, Joe Lieberman, and > > Janet Reno, and the flunkie "running" the FBI, that's who. > > > > So let's get real here for a minute. > > > > If the Bore and the Loserman go down for the count, it's because of their > > own racist insistance on ignoring the massive "irregularities" directed against > > Black voters so they could spend all their time and money on smaller > > "irregularities" directed against their white voters. > > > > By the way, why doesn't this 60's list notice the crimes committed daily in > > our names to prop up the last remaining de jure aparthaid country in the word, > > Israel? Or maybe the Palestinians are no more human than the Blacks of Florida? > > Maybe we Whites are indeed the Chosen People and God gave Amerika to us just like > > She gave Palestine/Israel to the Jews. Ah yes, the Divine as realator and racist > > decided that one ethnic group is "chosen" another ethnic group is "not chosen". > > Some god. If there were such a god, it would be rightly denouced as a skinhead! > > > > Hey, if folks are establishment liberals, committed to the status quo with > > minor tinkering arround the edges, why not just say so. It will keep you from > > running afoul of D.Horowitz who evidently gets confused at times. > > > > Sorry if I'm not congenial, but tomorrow I'm off to hear Hans Von Sponeck > > speak the truth about our contined genocide against the entire nation of Iraq. As > > a sick old geezer, who would be dead without modern medicine, it's pretty hard for > > me to face up to the fact that my dog has a better chance of living out it's full > > life span than the people of Iraq. And this monstrous situation is not going to > > change weather the Pres and VP are Gore-Lieberman or Bush-Chaney. Nor will the > > continued concentration of wealth into the pockets of the top 1%, nor the > > expensive pretense of security through the continued flow of money into prisons > > and the pentagon. So don't ask me to cry over poor Al and Joe and the other > > democrats = republicans. > > > > I am heartsick and grow weary of the pretense that the Democrats are fundementally > > different than the Republicans. It's an illusion that kills too many kids. > > > > Tom
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