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Date Posted: 22:49:17 06/29/01 Fri
Author: spoot
Subject:

World Court

They have Milosevic behind bars!

yes I saw your post on the unreadable Izzard board Dorene and was listening to Public Radio today, the Serbs are upset because it was done rather arrogantly, ignoring their own legal procedures. However it seems the public may be changing their views on recent history since, for the first time, Serbs are getting to see on TV what the world has already seen, the Mass Graves and human remains scattered all over the former Yugoslavia. How strange it must be to suddenly become aware of your country's history. Is it like the Germans in post war Germany? The Hague has volumes of evidence, apparently meticulously tracing particular people's killings all the way from the grunt on the ground doing the deed through a chain of evidence to the highest offices of Milosevic's regime.

I am thinking about our recent coupe de etat in this country and wondering if the World Court, or some higher power can take a look at the nexus between Bush, his Brother, the Election and the Supreme Court. And now Vice Pres Cheney is stonewalling Congress and the GAO, who want his office to turn over the names of energy group he convened to hammer out Bushes energy policy, he says he isn't required to do so nd there are privacy concerns involved! The Supreme Court has just ruled that states cannot enforce Anti-discrimination laws unless the discrimatory acts can be proven to have been knowingly and deliberately done, which is almost impossible to prove in a court of law. This Supreme Court has only ruled positively twice on civil rights issues. Once to let a handicapped golfer play in the PGA with his motorised cart, and the other time, to let Geroge W. Bush be president. What is going on here, can we figure it out?

Milosevic was voted in, Hitler was voted in, now I'm not suggesting that Bush is in their league, no, not at all, but I am saying that democracies can be lost very easily, in the full view of their citizens. And I wonder if the American people will care if they lose their rights.

Okay this has nothing to do with Eddie - no wait, it has everything to do with Eddie! He is about standing up and being witness to the truth. It is so much easier to let it go, let somebody else do the fighting, we are all soooooooo busy and so stressed and it doesn't get any easier. But the future is being created right now with us or without us. And the powerful CAN be made accountable!

God this sounds so preachy, but that's just what this board is for!

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You're scaring me,spoot!No ,I was already scared,but we are in real danger of losing the People's voice.We are distracted by our bottom line perks. (NT) -- Damn hard to give "things" up--like Democracy?!!--Dorene, 02:17:46 06/30/01 Sat
- Unused as I am to political conversation, i feel that we in the UK lost out voice ages ago when Labour became New Labour (NT) -- Magenta, 06:10:00 06/30/01 Sat
....I think specifically in the US, we're all too busy fortifying our compounds of delusional security to notice the big picture(myself included here) to notice the big picture. It is frightening. Though it doesn't compare with the atrocities of Milosevic, I find the Bush/Cheney combo very frightening!...and what our policies are doing to people especially in third world countries is scary. (NT) -- BZC, 10:02:24 06/30/01 Sat
- ...so I guess we need to "notice the big picture" sorry! (NT) -- BZC going back to bed, 10:04:32 06/30/01 Sat
As long as the country remains sedated by flashy television ads we're doomed as doomed can be! I'm with ya tho Spoot...what do we do about it though? Writing our congressmen feels just about as useful as writing the moderator at the One 2 Some board! (NT) -- DoBeeDeux, 12:03:49 06/30/01 Sat
- Some lyrics that say it better than I can...Click! -- DoBee, 12:12:49 06/30/01 Sat
Far *Fcuking* OUT !! DoBee. I have faith that BushBacklash may regalvanize folks. But ,me, I see it as a play-meant to conclude. (NT) -- He's doing his puppet part.--Dorene, 12:21:07 06/30/01 Sat
- I do think that as useless as it feels to write your congressman, it counts for something, they add up their mail and respond. I think Diane Feinstein changed her vote on confirming Ashcroft, he got in anyway, but she said she got 30,000 mails and it swayed her. But also writing newspapers, joining interest groups like the Sierra Club or Planned Parenthood, just getting unruly and noisy, that scares them! Milosevic was brought down by a mob storming the Parliament Building! I dunno, we just got to keep caring I think (NT) -- spoot, 17:53:26 06/30/01 Sat
  - Hubby and I volunteer for Planned Parenthood....one of the things I do that brings me great joy. (NT) -- Teri, 18:44:15 06/30/01 Sat
    - Good on you Teri! For me it's the environment, I've been a supporter of World Wildlife Fund, Audobon and The Nature Conservancy for about 15 years now and do letter writing campaigns through them. So naturally I just LOVE what Dubya is trying to do! (NT) -- spoot, 22:48:27 06/30/01 Sat
      - THIS is WONDERFUL! More! (NT) -- gumtree (applause), 23:51:04 06/30/01 Sat
        I support alot of groups including planned parenthood, nature conservancy, ACLU, public radio and television, special olympics, cancer research, etc. But I definitely have the environmental bent that spoot does and I think the great thing about the nature conservancy is how they preserve...they look at the ecosystem at a watershed level and try to preserve the entire system which is really how it needs to be done versus spot saving to have any significant and longterm impact. (NT) -- BZC, 14:13:51 07/01/01 Sun
  - Good point Cap'n Spoot! I'll write and write and write! (NT) -- DoBee, 14:33:48 07/01/01 Sun
    - Do Bee can I use your screen captures that you have on Teri's sight? Loverly Eddie! (NT) -- spoot, 14:56:00 07/01/01 Sun
      - Of course you may...you have the addy I presume? (NT) -- DoBee, 22:07:36 07/01/01 Sun
        Oh yes, I saved it! thankee kindly, m'dear! (NT) -- spoot, 22:17:20 07/01/01 Sun