Saturday, May 31, 2003

Weekend Lighter Side QUOTE OF THE DAY "I was with some Vietnamese recently, & some of them were smoking two cigarettes at a time. That's the kind of customers we need!" - - US Senator Jesse Helms THIS WEEKEND IN HISTORY MAY 31, 1779 - - In response to the Iroquois' alliance with Great Britain, General Washington orders General John Sullivan to invade the Iroquois Confederacy in New York with the mission of capturing as many prisoners of every age & sex as possible. A scorched-earth policy, in which dozens of villages were burned, follows. The British offer the Indians no protection. JUNE 1, 1967 - - The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" LP is released. WEB SITE/CAMPAIGNS OF NOTE: Have you seen the TV ad for peace on CNN A&E & VH1? Check out: Stand Up Now http://www.standupnow.org/home.html An 11 year old steps out to endorse his favorite candidate for President. Kids For Kucinich http://www.kids4kucinich.org LEFT COAST WEEKEND TIPS SATURDAY SO CAL - Topanga Canyon at 3:30 p.m. at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 Topanga Canyon Blvd - A fundraiser for victims of the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan. Topanga residents & performers Colin Hay (of Men at Work), & Wendie Malick (of TV's "Just Shoot Me") will emcee. Speakers, include Tom Hayden, Ron Kovic & community activist Blase Bonpane. SUNDAY NOR CAL - San Geronimo Valley - Veteran Nobody For President Campaign Chairman Wavy Gravy (Also M.C. for Woodstock & Host for the "Cowboys & Indians" Concerts) hosts a benefit for Camp Winnarainbow. INFO POSTED AT: http://GDTSTOO.COM/GDTSTOOCampWinnarainbow03.html BIG APPLE TIP Speaking of Cowboys & Indians, the National Museum of the American Indian has a stereotype busting show going on called, "Legends of Our Times: Native Ranching and Rodeo Life on the Plains and the Plateau. Here's a link to the NY Times review of the show: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/30/arts/design/30GLUE.html?tntemail1 RHINO HERE: Diet advice from an English speaking vegetarian: 1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the Americans. 2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the Americans. 3. The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the Americans 4. The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the Americans. 5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than the Americans. CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you Ever wonder what "Blue Steel" Rummie & "Dark Circles" Perle do on their weekends? No you say? Oh come on. What if I told you they like to go to France? No way you say? Read on. The Masters of the Universe By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times, 5/22/03 It may be instructive to learn what US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the "Prince of Darkness" Richard Perle were doing last weekend. From May 15 to 18 they were guests at the Trianon Palace Hotel, close to the spectacular Versailles palace near Paris, for the annual meeting of the Bilderberg club. Depending on the ideological prism applied, the Bilderberg club may be considered an ultra-VIP international lobby of the power elite of Europe and America, capable of steering international policy from behind closed doors; a harmless "discussion group" of politicians, academics and business tycoons; or a capitalist secret society operating entirely through self interest and plotting world domination. The Bilderberg club is regarded by many financial and business elites as the high chamber of the high priests of capitalism. You can't apply for membership of such a club. Each year, a mysterious "steering committee" devises a selected invitation list with a maximum 100 names. The location of their annual meeting is not exactly secret: they even have a headquarters in Leiden, in the Netherlands. But the meetings are shrouded in the utmost secrecy. Participants and guests rarely reveal that they are attending. Their security is managed by military intelligence. But what is the secretive group really up to? Well, they talk. They lobby. They try to magnify their already immense political clout, on both sides of the Atlantic. And everybody pledges absolute secrecy on what has been discussed... READ ALL ABOUT IT AT: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EE22Ak03.html This weekend's RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE is a satirical look at the shrub tax cut written by Rhinos Blog Reader, Don Monkerud, an Aptos, California-based columnist & author. (monkerud@cruzio.com) 8:03:45 AM    comment

RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE Snowball Effect on a Soggy Economy - Tax Cuts and Job Creation RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE Snowball Effect on a Soggy Economy - Tax Cuts and Job Creation By DON MONKERUD, May 22, 2003 Despite criticism from Democrats and a number of influential opponents of his new tax cut plan, President Bush announced that a man was employed as a result of his 2001 tax cut of $1.35 trillion. The discovery is expected to stem criticism that the wealthy were primarily the beneficiaries and the tax cut did nothing to create jobs. "This will put a nail in the coffin of that class war thingie," said the president. "This proves that tax cuts create jobs and if you pass my tax cut bill this year, and next year and the next year, pretty soon, there will be jobs. Of course, we also have to get rid of those pesky minimum wage problemations to put the righteous to work." Finding someone employed as a result of Bush's 2001 $1.35 trillion tax cut came after a year long search involving the FBI, the CIA, and the Department of Homeland Security. Although 26,000 agents conducted the hunt, security officials brushed aside criticism that more important security problems were ignored. "We can't locate 388,000 criminal aliens in this country, so this is good practice for us," said Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. "I promise if there are more out there, we'll find them someday. This is not a waste of time." Security officials located Jesus Ramirez, a 33-year-old Mexican immigrant, who obtained his $2.95 an hour job as a gate guard after 100 homeowners at Trophy House Luxury Gated Community in Houston, Texas received refunds as a result of Bush's 2001 tax cut. "Our families were scraping by on $350,000 a year and couldn't afford to pay for security," said Jimmy Bookmaker, a Halliburton executive and president of the gated community association, whose motto is "Because we are better than you." "With tax cuts of $18,000 each, we can finally afford someone to sit in our guard house and buzz in visitors. You can't imagine the relief we feel."... READ THE REST AT: http://www.counterpunch.com/monkerud05222003.html "RHINO'S BLOG" is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. (rhino@kifaru.com) Feedback, and requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. SEARCH BLOG ARCHIVES / SURF RHINO'S LINKS, AT: http://www.rhinosblog.info RHINO'S OTHER WEB SITES: http://www.dreamcatchers.org (INDIGENOUS ASSISTANCE & INTERCULTURAL DIALOG) http://www.kifaru.com (NATIVE AMERICAN RELATIONS VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES) Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html All copyrights belong to original publisher. 6:33:30 AM    comment

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