Sunday, April 06, 2003

War brings out the Purple People. John T. Flynn, the great Old Right journalist who chronicled Franklin Delano Roosevelt's efforts to sink America into a pit of centralized government and militarism, had a term for those Americans who could always be counted on to whoop it up for war. "Purple people." These are the people who hate big government budgets and world-changing government programs, yet whose faces turn purple with excitement when that same government racks up huge debts to pay for world-changing programs that involve bombs, troops and missiles. [Orange County Register] 10:56:15 PM    comment () France offers Corsica new deal. In a joint radio and television interview, Prime Minister Jean Pierre Raffarin said he planned to visit Corsica next Monday to put forward proposals for decentralising power. [...] But in March, the French parliament approved constitutional amendments by which the country's 22 regions and 96 departments can choose greater autonomy. [BBC News] Here's another reason for the collectivists in the US government to hate the French--not only do they have the gall to look out for their own national interests, but now they're setting a bad example for American States! 3:44:24 PM    comment () I'm seeing an increasing divergence between the mainstream media and the translated GRU reports on the situation in Iraq. In particular, the Russians are reporting battles in places that the mainstream media has stopped reporting on altogether. 2:22:02 PM    comment () Alan Hutch at The Libertarian Enterprise - Which Two Wars? - a list of the numerous wars, foreign and domestic, into which America's "leaders" have gotten us. [tle] [End the War on Freedom] 2:09:54 PM    comment () Iraqi opposition force in S Iraq. US forces begin to airlift fighters under the control of an Iraqi opposition leader into southern Iraq. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition] The force is under the control of the Iraqi National Congress and its leader, Ahmed Chalabi, who will accompany his troops into Iraq. The arrival of this crook and his private army demonstrate quite clearly just what sort of "liberation" the US government has in mind for the people of Iraq. 1:34:00 PM    comment () US moves to encircle Baghdad. American troops strengthen their positions around the Iraqi capital amid fierce fighting on the outskirts. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition] The caption on the bottom picture wins the "understatement of the week" award: Baghdad webcam: This service may be interrupted 1:28:46 PM    comment ()

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