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Thursday, March 20, 2003
[10:58:27 PM]

I hear Colin Powell threatened Belgium today. Belgium is leading the way in war crimes prosecution, giving themselves the right to prosecute anyone, anywhere for crimes against humanity, without even having the perpetrator in custody.

You could call it the Ariel Sharon Memorial War Criminal Statute. Ariel's first up in the dock, and they even changed the law just for him, so they can try him in abstentia.

So Colin's warning them that US war criminals wouldn't be able to attend NATO meetings in Brussels. Ha ha. My suggestion is that NATO meetings only be attended by people who aren't war criminals. Yes, that leaves out Powell, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and a couple of Bushes. But that's OK with me. I don't think Old Europe will miss them, either.

[9:34:44 PM]
Did you notice that the UN has $40 billion from Iraq's oil sales? Naturally, Bush & Co. are out to steal it. Watch that $40b go to Halliburton and Chevron, and a whole list of the Republican party's biggest donors.

[9:30:51 PM]
Washington Times: "Will Bush be impeached? Will he be called a war criminal?

[9:25:46 PM]
Quick lessons from the Battle of San Francisco....

"Whose streets? OUR Streets!" We were on parade. I was there from 11:00 to 7:30. In my experience, the police getting in the way was a mistake most of the time. Just let the people march.

The best part of the day was the last march from Fremont to the Civic Center, leaving the bridge behind at about 6:30. Like the march up Van Ness and down California earlier, the police left us alone.

A couple of times that I saw, police tried to block Market Street. In both cases, they were forced to withdraw. Better just to stay out of the way. They blocked the street so abruptly the first time, that there was some pushing and shoving. Very bad idea. Why get tensions up when you (the police) are just going to run away?

I only saw a small part of the drama, but it was a fine, peaceful day, where-ever the cops just let us march.

[9:19:14 AM]
Red alert? Stay home, await word

Sunday, March 16, 2003

By TOM BALDWIN Gannett State Bureau TRENTON

If the nation escalates to "red alert," which is the highest in the color-coded readiness against terror, you will be assumed by authorities to be the enemy if you so much as venture outside your home, the state's anti-terror czar says.

"This state is on top of it," said Sid Caspersen, New Jersey's director of the office of counter-terrorism.

Caspersen, a former FBI agent, was briefing reporters, alongside Gov. James E. McGreevey, on Thursday, when for the first time he disclosed the realities of how a red alert would shut the state down.

A red alert would also tear away virtually all personal freedoms to move about and associate.

"Red means all noncritical functions cease," Caspersen said. "Noncritical would be almost all businesses, except health-related."

A red alert means there is a severe risk of terrorist attack, according to federal guidelines from the Department of Homeland Security.

"The state will restrict transportation and access to critical locations," says the state's new brochure on dealing with terrorism.

"You must adhere to the restrictions announced by authorities and prepare to evacuate, if instructed. Stay alert for emergency messages."

Caspersen went further than the brochure. "The government agencies would run at a very low threshold," he said.

"The state police and the emergency management people would take control over the highways.

"You literally are staying home, is what happens, unless you are required to be out. No different than if you had a state of emergency with a snowstorm."