Subject: Re: Regarding your inquiry Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 18:09:39 -0500 To: From: Bob Armstrong Huh ? The TOOL of the STATE is FORCE The RULE of the MARKET is CHOICE Without the Corruption of the STATE , corporations have no more power than the money individuals CHOOSE to pay them for their= product . Open your eyes . It is the STATE that is dangerous . On Fri, 04 Apr 2003 14:51:05 -0600, Franklin E. Leming wrote: > >=A0"I came to the conclusion that all the values that made me= admire the American people >=A0were beeing eroded by the covert operations of the CIA and= kindred secret bodies... >=A0Time after time the United States has generously aided other= countries threatened by >=A0famine or disaster. The=A0survival of this great tradition is of= importance, not only to >=A0Americans, but also to all freedom loving people > >=A0in the world. >=A0But in my view, the survival of this great is now being gravely= threatened by the covert >=A0criminal actions of the Central Intelligence Agency and its= associated services. >=A0If the United States is to be protected from this grave danger,= it is essential that the >=A0activities of this secret agency should be fully exposed to the= people of the > >=A0United States. >=A0....I am a fierce believer in the democratic system of= governments. >=A0Among the democracies, the constitution of the United States= can be, and has proved to be, >=A0a bastion of civil liberty. >=A0However, democracy and the rule of law could not survive side= by side with a state agency that engages in covert > >=A0operations ranging from assassinations to levying >=A0mercenary armies. Even if there is, now, an attempt beeing made= by some to check the =A0activities of the CIA and > >=A0the other United States intelligence agencies, the whole= concept >=A0of a secret government and army within a government is a menace= to the democratic system." >=A0(Sean MacBride, former Foreign Minister of Ireland, and 1974= Nobel Peace Prize recipient; died 1988) > >=A0------------------------------ > >=A0"This is not a military defense of Iraq against an invading= army. This is the creation of another layer >=A0in this mythology of victimhood, which has been developed in= the Arab world for at least the last three >=A0generations. ... The view is that everything evil comes from= outside, from somewhere else." >=A0(Gwyn Prins in an interview March/April 2003) > >=A0__________________________________________________________ > > >=A0While our fellow citizens fight in Iraq for the good, >=A0a consistent but accelerating danger lurks in the >=A0shadow, ready to overtake and turn upside down our >=A0values: Corporate Fascism ! > >=A0Regards >=A0Franklin E. Leming >=A0http://www.geocities.com/franklineleming > >=A0-------- >=A0"it is difficult to get a man to understand something when his= salary depends on his not understanding it." >=A0(Upton Sinclair, 1906) -- =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Ultimate Computing Environment : =A0http://cosy.com/K/CoSy.htm A WTC vision : http://cosy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/04/04 5:59:53 PM